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Agencies
& Organizations
See also: Health Law
United States
- American
Dental Association (ADA)
ADA’s Division of Legal Affairs offers general information
on legal and ethical issues affecting dentists; includes
link to the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional
Conduct. Access to some sections require an ADA member
number.
- American
Medical Association (AMA)
Contains information on the AMA's Ethics Group and links
to the following: AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics,
the Ethical Force Program, and Strategies for Teaching
and Evaluating Professionalism (STEP).
- American Society for
Bioethics & Humanities (ASBH)
Professional society of more than 1,500 individuals, organizations,
and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.
Information on ASBH's affinity groups, news & current
events, and links to related bioethics resources are included.
- American Society of
Law, Medicine, & Ethics
- Federal
Bioethics Agencies, Committees and Offices (from NIH)
List of federal entities that deal directly with bioethical
issues.
- The Hastings
Center
Founded in 1969 as an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization, the Hastings Center explores ethical questions
in health care, biotechnology, and the environment.
- Kennedy
Institute of Ethics (Georgetown University)
The largest university based group of faculty members
in the world devoted to research and teaching in biomedical
ethics and other areas of applied ethics. The Institute
also houses the most extensive library of ethics in the
world, the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
and produces bibliographic citations relating to bioethics
for the online databases at the National Library of Medicine.
- Internet
Healthcare Coalition
Consumer advocacy organization supports research involved
in developing guidelines for ethical uses of the Internet
in health care. Presents a body of knowledge and opinions
from leaders in the areas of online privacy, ethics, and
use of technology to improve health care.
- President's Council
on Bioethics
The Council's purpose is to advise the President on bioethical
issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology.
- Union of Concerned
Scientists (UCS)
Organization of citizens and scientists focusing on a
variety of environmental and social issues. Website serves
as a tool for disseminating research results to policymakers,
media, and the public.
- University
of Washington School of Medicine - Ethics in Medicine
Developed as part of the Bioethics Education Project,
a collaborative effort within the University of Washington
School of Medicine.
International
- Canadian Bioethics Society
Founded in 1988 by the amalgamation of the Canadian Society of Bioethics
and the Canadian Society for Medical Bioethics, the Canadian Bioethics
Society has a membership composed of health care administrators, lawyers,
nurses, philosophers, physicians, theologians, and others concerned with
the ethical and humane dimensions of health care.
- Danish Council
of Ethics
Provides advice to the Danish Parliament and raises public debate about the
ethical problems raised by the field of biomedicine. Includes links to publications
available in English.
- Centre
for Human Bioethics
- IRB Forum: The Institutional
Review Board
Promotes the open and respectful discussion of ethical, regulatory, and policy
concerns in human subjects research. Site includes many links and IRB forms,
as well as members only discussion forum.
- International Bioethics
Committee
An international body dealing with the subject of bioethics, the Internal
Bioethics Committee is a forum for debate and reflection, particularly with
regard to the implementation of the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome
and Human Rights
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Provides information on WHO's Ethics and Health Initiative, which examines ethical issues raised by activities throughout the organization, including the regional and country offices, and develops activities regarding a wide range of global bioethics topics.
Websites
- Basic Resources in Bioethics
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
- Bioethics Bibliographies from the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
- Bioethics
Resources on the Web
National Institutes of Health
Contains a broad collage of annotated web links, comprehensive
but not totally inclusive. Resources provide background
information and various positions on issues in bioethics.
- Educational Opportunities in Bioethics
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Listing of bioethics degree programs int he United States, Canada, and Australia.
- Ethics in Medicine: Managed Care
University of Washington
Addresses ethical questions related to managed care. Sample case studies, a bibliography of related journal articles, and links to managed care resources are also provided.
- Online Bioethics Resources
National Human Genome Research Institute
- Penn Center
for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
Contains information about bioethics centers and graduate
programs as well as current topics in bioethics.
- Scope Note Series
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Provides current overview of issues and viewpoints related to specific topics in biomedical ethics. It is not designed as a comprehensive review, but rather offers immediate reference to facts, opinion, and legal precedents (if applicable) for scholars, journalists, medical and legal practitioners, students, and interested laypersons.
- Syllabus Exchange Catalog
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Catalog of over 500 archived syllabi demonstrating how others have developed bioethics courses in undergraduate and graduate seeings.
Databases
- MEDLINE
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
MEDLINE contains materials formerly available on BioethicsLine.
Documents are drawn from journals, newspapers, bills and laws
pertaining to bioethics. See instructions below for how to limit to bioethics materials using the Ovid or PubMed interfaces.
- Ovid MEDLINE [Requires Tufts username or Library Login ID]
Conduct a search and then select the More Limits link. Select 'Bioethics' under the Subject Subsets.
- PubMed@Tufts [Requires Tufts username or Library Login ID]
Conduct a search and then select the Limits tab. Select 'Bioethics' under the Subsets table. Book and AV materials are searchable via the NLM catalog (also an option in the drop-down menu in the upper left corner of the PubMed screen).
- ETHXWeb
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL)
Database of journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.
Journals
Texts & Textbooks
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| WB 60 |
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Case analysis in clinical ethics
5th Floor WB 60 C3365 2005
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The concise encyclopedia of the ethics of new technologies
Reference W 50 C744 2001
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Ethical choices : case studies for medical practice
5th Floor W 50 E84 2005
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Ethical dimensions of health policy
5th Floor WA 525 E838 2002
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The Hippocratic Oath and the ethics of medicine
5th Floor W 50 M643t 2004
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The Human genome project : science, law and social change
in the 21st century
Circ Desk QH 447 H918 1998 (CD-ROM)
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In the wake of terror : medicine and morality in a
time of crisis
5th Floor WA 295 I35 2003
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Medical ethics manual
Reference W 50 W724 2005
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Medicine and the ethics of care
5th Floor W 50 M48981 2001
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Principles of biomedical ethics
Reserve W 50 B372p 2001
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Public health ethics : theory, policy, and practice
5th Floor WA 21 P9752 2007
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The story of bioethics
5th Floor WB 60 S887 2003
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