Online Bioethics Resources
Bioethics Centers and Networks
Regulatory and Accrediting Bodies
Ethics Societies
Professional Organizations
Graduate Programs in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities
Information Resources
Special Topics
Bioethics Centers and Networks
Bioethics Network of Ohio
Bochum Center for Medical Ethics
Boston University Health Law Department
Bowling Green State University Applied Philosophy Department
Center for Clinical Ethics & Humanities in Health Care (Buffalo, NY)
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College London
The Hastings Center
The Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics
Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy (Loyola University, Chicago)
Ohio University Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics
The Poynter Center
The Practical Ethics Center at the University of Montana
University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law
University of San Diego Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Virginia Center for Biomedical Ethics
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Regulatory and Accrediting Bodies
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (A Division of DHHS)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Joint Commission
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
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Ethics Societies
American Philosophical Association
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
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Professional Organizations
The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
American Geriatrics Society
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
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Graduate Programs in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities
Bowling Green State University
Case Western Reserve University
Duquesne University
Georgetown University
Loma Linda University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University of Chicago
Medical College of Wisconsin
McGill University
Rice University
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
Saint Louis University
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law
University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University Medical Scientist Training Program
University of Tennessee
University of Utah
University of Virginia
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Information Resources
Bioethics Discussion Pages
The American Journal of Bioethics
Bioethics Resources on the web (National Institutes of Health)
National Library of Medicine’s PubMed
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Special Topics
Health Literacy
Health Literacy Studies from Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior
The National Literacy and Health Program produced by the Canadian Public Health Association on Health and Literacy
Medicine and the Humanities
An Ars Moriendi for Our Time: To Live a Fulfilled Life – To Die a Peaceful Death
An essay on the impact of an increased lifespan and advanced medical technology on
contemporary human beings’ perceptions and acceptance of death
Literature and Medicine Database
An annotated bibliography of prose and poetry for use in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings
Palliative Care
Last Acts
“An online community dedicated to improving end of life care”
Palliative Care: One Vision, One Voice
This web site allows nurses and other professionals to share information about initiatives and projects to
improve patient care at the end of life. Features end of life resources, including links to Last Acts’ Precepts
of Palliative Care and its bimonthly online journal, Innovations in End-of-Life Care
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.”
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health & Science University
West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care POST
Washington State Medical Association POLST
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield MOLST
University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging
University of Pittsburgh Institute to Enhance Palliative Care
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