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» AIDS in Africa - Ethics, Law, Society - 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.




» Algorithm: Rapid Approach to Ethical Problems - How should clinicians approach an ethical dilemma when they have little time to ponder or to seek consultation? This proven method works.




» American Society of Bioethics and Humanities - Professional society of individuals, organizations, and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.




» Australasian Bioethics Information - Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world.




» Bioethics: a fully online introductory course by Dr. Tom Kerns - The bioethics of clinical medical practice, medical research, health care ethics, public health, and human rights are dealt with in this course.




» Bioethics Forum - Portal on issues in bioethics offers news and articles.




» Bioethics, Inc. - Commercial organisation providing bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics consultancy services.




» Bioethics Research Group @ NTNU - interdisciplinary research group:ethical challenges of modern medical technology and biotechnology, prenatal screening, postnatal screening, euthanasia, medicalization, risk-perception and genetically modified food.




» Bioethics.net - Broad overview of historical and current moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research, from the U. of Penn. Includes news, headlines, articles, upcoming events.




» Bioetica en la Red - Spanish language bioethics site, documentation, news, books,




» Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward - Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward from a Patient's Perspective




» Biotechnology Governance Forum - This site provides comprehensive information about the science, policy, and ethical aspects of research and experimentation on the early stages of human life.




» Breaking Bioethics News - the latest issues and commentary (at MSNBC).




» Case: Practicing and Teaching on the Newly Dead - 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 - Case commentary on a common dilemma. When can and must children be treated without parental consent?




» The Center for Bioethics - 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.




» The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network - Organization offers news, events, and articles.




» Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh - Information on joint degree, graduate and continuing education in Bioethics and Health Law.




» Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity - Provides news, information, and other resources on bioethics. Analysis from a Christian perspective.




» Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law - 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.




» Centre for Human Bioethics - Monash University's One-Stop bioethics site. Bioethics degree programs, Bioethics Resources Centre Center, Bioethics research.




» Council of Europe Bioethics Division - European Bioethics Convention, Human Rights and Biomedicine human cloning, organ transplantation, biomedical research, human embryo and foetus, human genetics, xenotransplantation,




» Department of Medical Humanities, East Carolina University - Research, education programs, newsletter, and internet links in the area of medical ethics.




» Ethics of Organ Transplants - A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants.




» Ethics Updates: Literature on Bioethics, Cloning, and Reproductive Technologies - Links to a variety of papers, events, case studies, and Internet resources.




» French National Consultative Bioethics Committee - Opinions, recommendations and reports, in English, published by the Committee




» The Garrett Hardin Society - Dedicated to the preservation of the writings and ideas of Garrett James Hardin. A common thread throughout his work is an interest in bioethics.




» The Hastings Center - Exploring fundamental ethical questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment. Independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.




» High School Bioethics Curriculum Project (HSBCP) - Uses case studies and discussion questions to introduce bioethics themes and issues into the secondary school classroom.




» Institute of Human Values in Health Care - At the Medical University of South Carolina: an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose mission is to bring a more philosophical approach to medicine.




» International Association of Bioethics - official website of this international bioethics umbrella organisation, hosted at the University of the Philippines.




» International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO - Is one of many international bodies dealing with the subject of bioethics. Contains mostly minutes of forums meetings and various resolutions.




» International Center for Bioethics, Culture and Disability - Extensive site on bioethics, particularly as pertaining to the rights of disabled people.




» International Center for Technology Assessment - Devoted to study of and remedies for the ethical problems of Patents on life and human body parts.




» International Network for Life Studies - Japanese bioethicist's views on life and death issues, and environmental ethics.




» Islamic Views on Medical Ethics - Islamic views on many medical ethics issues including organ donation, cloning, euthanasia, abortion , fertility, sex change operations.




» Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics - London-based institution studies a range of bioethical issues, providing academic analysis from a Catholic perspective.




» MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics - A center devoted to teaching future clinical ethicists.




» Markkula Center for Applied 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.




» Medical Ethics - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.




» National Bioethics Advisory Commission - Commission created by Presidential Executive order #12975 (10/3/1995).




» The National Rural Bioethics Project - 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.




» Neonatology And Rights Of Families - 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.




» NursingEthics.ca - Canadian nursing ethics website. Highly informative and professional.




» Philosophy, Medical Ethics and Society - 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.




» Provincial Health Ethics Network (Alberta, Canada) - 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.




» Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward - A cancer patient discusses the issues of informed consent, patient autonomy, quality of life and human dignity.




» The Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics - Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.




» S I B L E at Sheffield - 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.




» Starting Points in Health Care Ethics / Bioethics - These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics.




» U S Supreme Court Petition - 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.




» University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics - Bioethics resources site, with dedicated link pages to Women's Health, Genetics and Ethics, and End-of-life decision making.




» Pheromones, Bioethics and Biotechnology - "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. (September 1, 2000)

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