Knowledge: bioethics
See Also:
- science → science in society
- society → issues → health
- society → issues → science and technology → biotechnology
- society → philosophy → ethics → applied → science and technology
Links
- The Center for Bioethics
http://www.bioethics.net/ - Interdisciplinary unit of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, dedicated to advancing scholarly and public understanding of ethical, legal, social and public policy issues in health care.
- Breaking Bioethics News
http://www.msnbc.com/news/BREAKINGBIOETHICS_Front.asp - the latest issues and commentary (at MSNBC).
- National Bioethics Advisory Commission
http://www.bioethics.gov/ - Commission created by Presidential Executive order #12975 (10/3/1995).
- Medical Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/Ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/ - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
- Case Western Reserve University's Center for Biomedical Ethics
http://www.cwru.edu/med/bioethics/bioethics.html - Mission is to improve public and professional understanding of the ethical issues involved in health sciences research, healthcare delivery, and health policy development - through teaching, conducting research and stimulating community dialogue.
- Starting Points in Health Care Ethics / Bioethics
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/start/ - These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics.
- Bioethics Website at Charles Sturt University
http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/bioethic/index.htm - The main bioethics teaching site for students at Charles Sturt University. Visitors are welcome to browse the public pages.
- Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~bioethic - Information on joint degree, graduate and continuing education in Bioethics and Health Law.
- Institute of Human Values in Health Care
http://www.values.musc.edu/ - At the Medical University of South Carolina: an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose mission is to bring a more philosophical approach to medicine.
- MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
http://ethics.bsd.uchicago.edu/ - A center devoted to teaching future clinical ethicists.
- Bioethics.net
http://www.med.upenn.edu/~bioethic/ - Broad overview of historical & current moral issues in the fields of medical treatment & research, from the U. of Penn. Includes news, headlines, articles, upcoming events.
- Centre for Human Bioethics
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/bioethics - Monash University's One-Stop bioethics site. Bioethics degree programs, Bioethics Resources Centre Center, Bioethics research.
- NursingEthics.ca
http://www.nursingethics.ca/ - Canadian nursing ethics website. Highly informative and professional.
- International Center for Technology Assessment
http://www.icta.org/ - Devoted to study of and remedies for the ethical problems of Patents on life and human body parts.
- International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org/ibc - Is one of many international bodies dealing with the subject of bioethics. Contains mostly minutes of forums meetings and various resolutions.
- Glasgow University Medical Ethics Debating Society
http://www.gla.ac.uk/Clubs/MEDS - Contains information about the Glasgow University Medical Ethics Debating Society. Organisational website with no informative bioethics content beyond that relating to the debating club.
- University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb - Excellent bioethics resources site, with dedicated link pages to Women's Health, Genetics & Ethics, and End-of-life decision making.
- Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law
http://www.uu-cbg.nl/ - Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law is an independent academic institute offering short-term advice and research; it organises courses and provides training sessions. Within the Centre veterinarians and ethicists work together in areas of applied ethics and education and in judicial research.
- American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
http://www.asbh.org/ - Professional society of individuals, organizations, and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.
- Philosophy, Medical Ethics and Society
http://members.tripod.com/~uniregensburgsvk/ - site deals with new developments in bioethics and medical ethics, offers texts and information about conferences and workshops on ethical aspects of the life sciences.
- Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
http://www.cbhd.org/ - Provides news, information, and other resources on bioethics. Analysis from a Christian perspective.
- Department of Medical Humanities, East Carolina University
http://www.ecu.edu/medhum/ - Research, education programs, newsletter, and internet links in the area of medical ethics.
- The National Rural Bioethics Project
http://www.umt.edu/bioethics - The National Rural Bioethics Project aims to identify ethics-related issues that face rural healthcare providers, and to devolop and provide appropriate and relevant resources and materials that help resolve such issues.
- MedicalEthics.ca - Medical Ethics Resources
http://www.medicalethics.ca/ - Clearinghouse for resources related to medical (i.e., physician) ethics.
- Bioetica en la Red
http://www.bioeticaweb.com/ - Spanish language bioethics site, documentation, news, books,
- Bioethics, Inc.
http://www.bioethicsinc.com/ - Commercial organisation providing bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics consultancy services.
- International Network for Life Studies
http://www.lifestudies.org/ - Japanese bioethicist's views on life and death issues, and environmental ethics.
- Islamic Views on Medical Ethics
http://www.islamicmedicine.org/ethics.htm - Islamic views on many medical ethics issues including organ donation, cloning, euthanasia, abortion , fertility, sex change operations.
- Provincial Health Ethics Network (Alberta, Canada)
http://www.phen.ab.ca/ - Non-profit Canadian organization dedicated to providing bioethics resources including distance education, Bioethics Week, video and book library, sample advance directives, bioethics articles database, video reviews, workshops and periodicals.
- Algorithm: Rapid Approach to Ethical Problems
http://galenpress.com/extras/extra17.htm - How should clinicians approach an ethical dilemma when they have little time to ponder or to seek consultation? This proven method works.
- Case: Practicing and Teaching on the Newly Dead
http://galenpress.com/extras/extra20.htm - Case commentary on a controversial topic. Should newly dead bodies be used to teach medical practitioners skills that can be used to save others?
- Case: Rights of Minors
http://galenpress.com/extras/extra21.htm - Case commentary on a common dilemma. When can and must children be treated without parental consent?
- U S Supreme Court Petition
http://www.nitorig.net/ussa_writ1.htm - Whether human-made elements of primary life structures that define the essence of this Court's vaguely defined non-viable (fetus) patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C.
- Affordable Access To Essential Medication In Developing Countries: Conflicts Between Ethical And Economic Imperatives
http://www.wits.ac.za/bioethics/access.htm - Review article by Udo Schüklenk and Richard E Ashcroft.
- Council of Europe Bioethics Division
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Legal_affairs/Legal_co-operation/Bioethics/ - European Bioethics Convention, Human Rights & Biomedicine human cloning, organ transplantation, biomedical research, human embryo & foetus, human genetics, xenotransplantation,
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/ - Ethics Center at Santa Clara University, offers articles, cases, and dialogue in all fields of applied ethics. Focus on: Biotechnology and Health Care Ethics, Character Education, Business Ethics, Government Ethics, Global Ethical Leadership, and Technology Ethics.
- International Association of Bioethics
http://www.bioethics-international.org - official website of this international bioethics umbrella organisation, hosted at the University of the Philippines.
- Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward
http://www.geocities.com/avromavl/ - Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward from a Patient's Perspective
- International Center for Bioethics, Culture and Disability
http://www.bioethicsanddisability.org/ - Extensive site on bioethics, particularly as pertaining to the rights of disabled people.
- The Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics
http://www.sacredchoices.org/ - Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.
- Ethics of Organ Transplants
http://atheism.about.com/library/weekly/aa052302a.htm - A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants.
- Pheromones, Bioethics and Biotechnology
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2000/Sep/hour1_090100.html - "Science Friday" audio discussion with Charles Greer, Arthur Caplan, and Susanna Priest on public attitudes about biotechnology research around the world and on the identification of a human gene linked to pheromones. Features related links.
- Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward
http://avromavl.esmartweb.com - A cancer patient discusses the issues of informed consent, patient autonomy, quality of life and human dignity.
- Bioethics: a fully online introductory course by Dr. Tom Kerns
http://www.bioethicscourse.info - The bioethics of clinical medical practice, medical research, health care ethics, public health, and human rights are dealt with in this course.
- French National Consultative Bioethics Committee
http://www.ccne-ethique.fr/ - all the opinions, recommendations and reports, in english, published by the Committee
- Australasian Bioethics Information
http://www.australasianbioethics.org - Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world.
- Bioethics Research Group @ NTNU
http://www.bioethics.ntnu.no - interdisciplinary research group:ethical challenges of modern medical technology and biotechnology, prenatal screening, postnatal screening, euthanasia, medicalization, risk-perception and genetically modified food.
- Neonatology And Rights Of Families
http://www.narof.org - NAROF gives voice to parents and professionals critical of current practices in neonatology. A resource to gain insight into the human cost of raising survivors of neonatal research and practice.
- S I B L E at Sheffield
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~sible - Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics at the University of Sheffield, an inter-faculty institute created to bring together the disparate and wide range of expertise in this area.
- Synaptic Clog
http://www.synaptic-clog.com - A weblog maintained to examine current ethical issues in medicine and health.
- Biotechnology Governance Forum
http://www.biotechgov.org - This site provides comprehensive information about the science, policy, and ethical aspects of research and experimentation on the early stages of human life.
- Ethics Updates: Literature on Bioethics, Cloning, and Reproductive Technologies
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/applied/bioethics/ - Links to a variety of papers, events, case studies, and Internet resources.
- The Garrett Hardin Society
http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/ - Dedicated to the preservation of the writings and ideas of Garrett James Hardin. A common thread throughout his work is an interest in bioethics.
- High School Bioethics Curriculum Project (HSBCP)
http://www3.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/hsbioethics/ - Uses case studies and discussion questions to introduce bioethics themes and issues into the secondary school classroom.
- The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network
http://www.thecbc.org - Organization offers news, events, and articles.
- The Hastings Center
http://www.thehastingscenter.org - Exploring fundamental ethical questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment. Independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.
- Bioethics Forum
http://www.bioethicsforum.org - Portal on issues in bioethics offers news and articles.
- Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics
http://www.linacre.org/ - London-based institution studies a range of bioethical issues, providing academic analysis from a Catholic perspective.
- AIDS in Africa - Ethics, Law, Society
http://www.caledonian.ac.uk/ceppcg/developingworldbioethics/AIDS-ELSI/ - This site covers ethical, legal, social issues of HIV/AIDS in AFRICA (focus on South Africa). Folders cover patients, health care professionals, resource allocation, research, IPR and other issues.
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