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Bioethics

Bioethics is the branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care. Modern advances in the technologies of genetics, organ transplantation, life-sustaining treatments, and other biomedical areas raise a host of thorny bioethical issues and questions. The following websites offer an extensive set of resources for understanding and analyzing topics in bioethics.

The American Journal of Bioethics

· Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, this site was founded in 1993 as the first website devoted to the topic of bioethics
· Informs the legal, clinical, academic, scientific, and religious communities about ethical issues in medicine and the biomedical sciences
· Features current news, commentaries, book reviews, job announcements, and more
· While some documents are publicly available, full access to all site resources is restricted to paid subscribers
http://ajobonline.com/

Bioethics Resources on the Web

· Presented by the National Institutes of Health
· Discusses the role and position of NIH in bioethics
· Provides a useful "starting point" for researchers by organizing and linking to an array of other resources
· Lists key organizations
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/index.html

Ethics in Medicine

· Sponsored by the University of Washington as part of the Bioethics Education Project for its medical school
· Discusses a range of bioethics topics, providing overviews and answering common questions
· Provides a methodology for conducting a "bioethics workup" in a clinical setting
· Offers links to related websites, readings, organizations, and other resources
http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/

Center for Bioethics

· Authored by the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota
· Offers access to research studies, academic courses, publications, news, and other resources in bioethics
· Provides links to websites on particular topics in bioethics, such as assisted suicide, genetics, and organ transplantation
http://www.bioethics.umn.edu/

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

· Sponsored by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University
· Provides access to books, journal articles, congressional bills and laws, court decisions, reports, and other resources
· Permits searching of the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
· Honors requests for bibliographic searches, which users may submit online
http://georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/

Center for the Study of Bioethics

· Offered by the Medical College of Wisconsin for educating bioethics scholars, and healthcare and legal professionals
· Announces graduate and distance-learning courses
· Enables searching of a vast database of information resources by keyword
· Includes a section on "Bioethics Resources for Meeting JCAHO Requirements"
· Describes consultative and outreach services at the Center
http://www.mcw.edu/bioethics/index.html

MedWebPlus

· An annotated directory of health-related sites offered at no cost to demonstrate the web-design products of the sponsor, y-DNA, inc.
· Permits searching across a wide range of bioethical resources from universities, research centers, government, and private sites
http://www.medwebplus.com/subject/Specialties/Bioethics/

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