OVERVIEW
FACULTY
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LINKS
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Academic Bioethics
Research and Education Resources
| This NIH site contains annotated links to
bioethics academic institutions, research ethics tutorials, and links to
NIH offices and programs associated with bioethics. |
American Journal of Bioethics
Online Bookstore
| The American Journal of
Bioethics Online Bookstore, the only online bookstore in the field, features
books, magazines and newspapers, and multimedia materials at a steep
discount. |
American
Medical Association's Ethics Standards Site
| The Ethics Standards Site serves as a
resource for AMA staff, AMA members, the profession, and the public at
large on issues involving biomedical ethics and the AMA's ethics
policies. |
American
Medical Association's Virtual Mentor
| Created by the Institute for Ethics at the
American Medical Association, the Virtual Mentor is an interactive,
Web-based forum for analysis and discussion of ethical and professional
issues that medical students encounter during their educational
training. |
The American Society
for Bioethics and Humanities Home Page
| This Web site is a good source of
information for ASBH members and prospective members. It also includes on-line
bioethics resources and links to other relevant bioethics information
available on the internet. |
The American Society of Law, Medicine
and Ethics
| This site includes information about
ASLME's two peer reviewed journals, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
and The American Journal of Law & Medicine. It also permits
users to search for information from the hundreds of articles that
have been published, register for ASLME educational conferences,
connect to relevant weblinks from the ASLME site, find information
about current research projects, and read news related to law, medicine,
and ethics. |
Applied Ethics Resources
on WWW
| This site contains a comprehensive listing
of online resources in Applied Ethics. |
Baylor College of Medicine
and Rice University Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
| This website lists faculty and describes
current research and educational programs of the Center for Medical Ethics
and Health Policy, and academic, educational center affiliated with
Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University. |
Bioethics.net
| This is a comprehensive bioethics resource
with specialized information for students and potential students
of bioethics (bioethics for beginners) as well as for those with
general interest in the field. Includes American Journal of Bioethics
Weekly News. |
Bioetica
| This is an Italian Bioethics website (in
Italian) with useful international bioethics links. |
Boston University Health Law Department
| This site contains annotated links to
Global Lawyers and Physicians and Health and Human Rights data base, courses,
research projects, and cases and amicus briefs of health law bioethics
cases. |
Boston University Global Lawyers and
Physicians
| Global Lawyers and Physicians is a
non-profit non-governmental organization that focuses on the premise that
by working together trans-nationally, the legal and medical/public
health professions can be a much more effective force for human
rights than either profession can working separately. |
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
(CBHD)
| The Center for Human Dignity is an
international organization dedicated to furthering bioethics education among
healthcare professionals, educators, and academia. |
Cleveland State University
Bioethics Center
| The Bioethics Center is a resource for the
faculty, students, and members of the community interested in bioethics research,
education, and consultation in the Greater Cleveland region. The goal of
the Center is to enhance the visibility of topics in bioethics for research,
training, and development across disciplines on campus and across professional
associations in the community. The Bioethics Center is an interdisciplinary
agency of the Philosophy Department in conjunction with the Bioethics Network
of Ohio, and its activities are coordinated with the Philosophy Department’s
program of advanced study in bioethics. |
Columbia Center for the Study of Society and Medicine
| The website of the Center for the Study of
Society and Medicine, an interdisciplinary institution that examines
the complex interactions between medicine and society, contains
information on Center Faculty, research, and Columbia courses. |
Dartmouth
College Ethics Institute
| The Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College
serves as a resource in applied and professional ethics for faculty and
students. Our website includes information about the Institute, its
programs and activities. Of special note is information about the
NIH-funded ELSI Program at Dartmouth College. |
East Carolina University Department
of Medical Humanities
| The Department of Medical Humanities,
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University web-page provides
information on its mission and history, faculty, medical school
courses, conferences and programs, a link to the Bioethics Center,
as well as its newsletter, Ethics and Health Care. |
Emory University Center
for Ethics
| The Center for Ethics exists to enrich
moral imagination, to deepen knowledge of ethics, and to encourage lives
of moral meaning and ethical practice. |
European Bioethical Research
Site/Journal of Human Reproduction & Genetic Ethics
| European Bioethical Research is an
international organization which promotes the discussion of bioethics amongst
the general public and publishes the academic journal Human Reproduction
and Genetic Ethics. |
Georgetown University
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
| This site includes information about
scholars, courses of study, and research at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
It also features links to Bioethics organizations located worldwide
and their contact information. |
Göteborg University Centre for Research
Ethics
| The Centre for Research Ethics website
contains information about Centre Staff, Courses, Publications, and links
to other programs in Bioethics and Philosophy (including quite a
few links to European programs). |
Harvard University
Ethical Issues in International Health Research
| This website accompanies the real-time
Program on Ethical Issues in International Health Research at the Harvard
School of Public Health and contains information about how to
register for the 5-day program. |
The Hastings Center for
Bioethics
| The Hastings Center is an independent,
nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute that addresses fundamental
ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine, and the environment
as they affect individuals, communities, and societies. |
Indiana University Poynter Center
| This site contains resources in ethics and
information on Poynter Center activities, including the Association
for Practical and Professional Ethics and the Indiana Task Force
on End of Life Care. |
Indiana University
School of Law - Indianapolis; Center for Law and Health
| This site contains articles and reports on
academic research about critical issues facing the health care system
in the United States, plus information about health law courses
and programs. |
Indiana University School
of Medicine Program in Medical Ethics
| The Program in Medical Ethics web site at
Indiana University School of Medicine supports the Program's goal of improving
the care of patients through education, research and service to
individuals, students, healthcare professionals and policy-makers
at the University and throughout the state. |
International Association
of Bioethics
| This website lists news and events,
provides a link to the Bioethics Journal, and links to other international
bioethics networks. |
Iowa State University
Bioethics Program
| This website focuses on bioethics issues
related to agriculture, food, animals, and the environment. It includes
an online newsletter, information about upcoming events related
to agricultural bioethics, and a links section. |
King's College
London Centre of Medical Law and Ethics
| This site provides information about the
faculty, programs, research, and bioethics events at King's College London,
as well as a helpful links section that pays special attention to
bioethics programs in the UK/EU. |
Loma Linda University Center for
Christian Bioethics
| The website for the Center for Christian
Bioethics at Loma Linda University in Southern California highlights the
rich interaction between the academic study and clinical practice
of bioethics at the Loma Linda University Medical Center. |
Loyola University
Stritch School of Medicine Neiswanger Institute
| The Neiswanger Institute is dedicated
to the three-fold mission of research, education, and
service in bioethics and health policy. The Institute
serves the students and faculty of the Stritch
School of Medicine, the healthcare professionals
and patients of Loyola University Health System,
and professionals from the regional community and
across the nation. |
Medical College of Wisconsin
Center for the Study of Bioethics
| The Center for the Study of Bioethics
Website contains information about the Center's degree programs, including
the web-based certificate and Executive Style MA in Bioethics, as
well as the extensive searchable Bioethics Online Service. |
Medical University of South Carolina
Institute of Human Values in Health Care
| The Institute of Human Values in Health
Care is an interdisciplinary and inter-campus program in ethics and health
policy at the Medical University of South Carolina. |
National Institutes
of Health Bioethics Resources on the Web
| This website contains a broad collage of
annotated web links dealing with bioethics, including education, research
involving human participants and animals, medical and health care
ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
The listed resources provide background information and various
positions on issues in bioethics. Where possible, the site provides
links directly to those positions. |
National Library of Medicine
| This is the home page of the U.S.
government organization which created MEDLINE and PUBMed. Visitors to the
site can find health information, access the library's catalog and
databases, and learn about the NLM's research programs. |
New York University
Medical Humanities
| This site outlines medical humanities
resources at New York University and contains links to related resources.
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics
| This site contains details of the
Council's terms of reference, current membership and works in-progress. It
also includes output of Council's core work including major publications,
discussion papers, public consultation documents (the majority of
which are available in full text) and press releases. |
Princeton University
Bioethics Forum
| This site contains information on
conferences, speakers, Journal links, activities, and post-baccalaureate
opportunities. |
Project on Death in America
| The mission of the Project on Death in
America is to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying
and bereavement through initiatives in research, scholarship, the
humanities, and the arts, and to foster innovations in the provision
of care, public education, professional education, and public policy.
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Saint Louis University School
of Law's Center for Health Law Studies
| The website for the Saint Louis University
Center for Health Law Studies, the top-ranked health program in
the US, provides rich curricular, news, and research information.
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Sarah Lawrence College
Health Advocacy Program
| Sarah Lawrence offers the nation's only
master degree program in health advocacy. Graduates of this program work
in diverse professional capacities; as patient representatives and
administrators, on ethics committees and medical policy boards,
at hospitals and consumer health agencies, helping to find innovative
ways to improve the delivery of health services. |
Society
for Bioethics and Classical Philosophy
| This website describes the mission of the
Society for Bioethics and Classical Philosophy and lists events and links
relevant to the intersection of traditional philosophy and contemporary
bioethics. |
SUNY Stony Brook Division
of Medicine in Society
| This site provides information about
faculty members of and courses offered by the Division of Medicine in Society.
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SUNY Buffalo Center for
Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
| This site provides current information
about bioethics activities in Western New York, as well as a comprehensive
review of bioethics law in New York State, and a Core Curriculum
for ethics committees. |
University of Alberta John
Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
| The John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
(University of Alberta) is an interdisciplinary academic centre which is
committed to research, education and community service in the area
of health ethics. |
University of British Columbia Centre
for Applied Ethics
| This is the home page for the Centre for
Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia. |
University of Illinois
at Chicago Medical Humanities
| This site describes faculty, courses and
activities at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Humanities
Program. |
University of Michigan Program
in Society and Medicine Home Page
| This website provides some helpful ethics
and humanities links, as well as information about faculty members and
goals of the Program in Society and Medicine. It also includes information
on campus events related to the Program. |
University of Minnesota
Center for Bioethics
| This site contains information about the
Center, its faculty, educational and research programs, and a variety of
bioethics resources. |
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Bioethics
| This University of Pennsylvania Center for
Bioethics website contains information about its faculty and programs.
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University of Pittsburgh Consortium
Ethics Program
| The website of the Consortium Ethics
Program, the regional bioethics education network of Western Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio, provides access to the Consortium's prospectus,
member hospitals' websites, online bioethics resources, and issues
of Community Ethics, the CEP's newsletter. |
University of Pittsburgh – History of Medicine
| This is a website of Recent Dissertations in the Medical Humanities |
University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Care System's Palliative Care Service
| This website contains information about
staff of the Palliative Care Service, a description of the Palliative Care
Service for both health care providers and consumers, information
about the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospice, and summaries
of ongoing research projects. |
University of Texas Medical Branch
Institute for the Medical Humanities
| The Institute for the Medical Humanities
(IMH) offers both master and doctoral programs in medical humanities, offers
Ethics Consultation Services for the 7 hospital components of the
University of Texas Medical Branch, houses the Program on Legal
and Ethical Issues in Correctional Health, and maintains a Visiting
Scholars Program. |
University of Toronto Joint Centre
for Bioethics
| The University of Toronto Joint Centre for
Bioethics site contains a rich set of resource links on common clinical
problems in bioethics, and information on global health ethics.
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University of Utah Division
of Medical Ethics
| This site contains information on
education, research, public policy, and clinical consultation in the Division
of Medical Ethics. It also features some on-line bioethics resources
and sponsors several discussion groups related to bioethics topics.
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University of Virginia Center for Bioethics
| The Web Site for the Center for Biomedical
Ethics at the University of Virginia contains information about
the Center's academic programs, faculty members, and Bioethics
Matters , the Center Newsletter. |
University of Washington
Department of Medical History and Ethics
| This site contains information on
academic, continuing education programs and faculty of the Department of
Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington. |
The Washington Home
Center for Palliative Care Studies
| The Washington Home Center for Palliative
Care Studies is a scholarly team that conducts research and supports quality
improvement efforts designed to make the end of life comfortable
and meaningful. Formerly the Center to Improve Care of the Dying.
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West Virginia University Center
for Health Ethics and Law
| This is the website for the Center for
Health Ethics and Law of West Virginia University, the West Virginia Network
of Ethics Committees and the West Virginia Initiative to Improve
End-of-Life Care that includes general information and resources
for ethics committee members, health care providers and community
members about ethical issues and the law in West Virginia. |
Western Michigan University Center
for the Study of Ethics in Society
| This website includes information about
research and teaching at the Center, publications by Center faculty, and
links to various other applied ethics sites (including engineering
ethics). |
World Health Organization
| The objective of WHO is
the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity. |
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