Useful web sites for Health Care Ethics
Associations
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
British Society for Ethical Theory
Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC)
National Society of Genetic Counselors
World Health Professions Alliance
Gateways
BUBL Information Service Catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas, including moral philosophy and social ethics. Try searching in the subject menu or the A-Z menu.
Intute: Arts and Humanities Previously known as SOSIG; contains useful links to National and International resources in the social sciences.
General
Arts and Humanities Research Board The Arts and Humanities Research Board supports research across a wide range of humanities subjects.
CARE Christian Action Research and Education charity involved in 'caring, campaigning and communicating'. The students resource section discusses issues relating to human life and dignity.
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity The Center exists to help individuals and organisations address bioethical issues.
Christian Medical Fellowship This site has an area dedicated to ethics including a regular publication called CMF files which are available in a downloadable format.
Euthanasia World Directory Directory of euthanasia related resources, news, legal information, frequently asked questions and organisations.
Health Care Ethics Lists healthcare ethics institutes and organisations
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority A body which regulates, licenses and collects data on fertility treatments such as IVF and donor insemination, as well as human embryo research in the UK.
Human Genetics Commission The Human Genetics Commission is the UK Governments advisory body on how human genetics will impact on people and on health care.
Medbioworld Medbioworld is a large reference medical site including medical journals, medical associations and similar resources.
Nuffield Council on Bioethics Covers a vast number of topics relating to bioethics.
Open University Free resource material from the Open University openlearn website
Oxford Text Archive The Oxford Text Archive works closely with the academic community to make available electronic texts for research and teaching.
Science and Development Network This site has an area specifically on researching ethics in developing countries and links to training resources and case studies in research ethics.
US Presidents Council on Bioethics Official information from the body created by President George W Bush in 2001 to advise on ethical issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology.
"Your Genes, Your Choices : exploring the issues raised by genetic research"
Discussion Lists
For an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet then try the Internet Detective website. The website also includes sections on copyright matters, plagiarism and citation/referencing.
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