Ethics Resource Repository

Applied Ethics

Bioethics:

Bioethics usually denotes "the study of ethical issues arising in the practice of the biological disciplines," including all the health care professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine) and the biological sciences, such as environmental ethics and "various sociopolitical moral issues, including the adverse effects on people's health of unemployment, poverty, unjust discrimination, crime, war, and torture."

Quoted from Volume 1 of Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics

Professor Recommendations:

Fredrick Grinnell
Tom Mayo, Former Director of the Maguire Ethics Center

Recommended Books:

A Companion to Bioethics
Written by Helega Kuhse and Peter Sing

Recommended Webpages:

ACP American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of internists — physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults.

AMA
An important division of the AMA, the Ethics Group works to improve patient care and the health of the public by examining and promoting physician professionalism. If you’re looking for guidance or insight to ethical issues in medicine today, the AMA Ethics Group offers relevant resources to help you such as the Code of Medical Ethics.

APA Ethics Information
APA's Ethics Office promotes ethics throughout the field of psychology. The Office supports the Ethics Committee in adjudicating ethics complaints, offers educational workshops and seminars, provides ethics consultations, and serves as a resource.

American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Great educational information at the intersection of medicine, law and ethics. Note information in two nationally acclaimed journals, as well as helpful links and publications pages.

Ascension Health
This resource page is intended to provide users with a comprehensive understanding of both general healthcare ethics and specific Catholic moral teaching as it relates to ethical issues in healthcare.

Bioethics.com
Bioethics.com is a public service provided through the collaboration of many individuals and organizations to improve the discussion of issues in bioethics.

Bioethics Resources on the Web
Bioethics Resources on the Web provides a compilation of web links to information of potential use and interest to diverse audiences.

The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity explores the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity. Within a Judeo-Christian Hippocratic framework, they anticipate, interpret, and engage the pressing bioethical issues of our day. As a center of rigorous research, theological and conceptual analysis, charitable critique, and thoughtful engagement, they bring clarity to the complex issues of our day.

Hastings Center’s Bioethics Briefing Book
Much of the Center’s research addresses bioethics issues in three broad areas: care and decision making at the end of life, public health priorities, and new and emerging technologies.

National Catholic Bioethics Center
A site offering Catholic perspectives on such issues as stem cell research and cloning. Describes the Center's programs and offers access to the current issue of the publications Ethics and Medics. Secure online consultations are available.

The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM.org) is dedicated to bringing physicians the best research and key information at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice, and to presenting the information in an understandable and clinically useful format.

Oregon Health & Science University
From Oregon Health and Science University, resources for health care ethics and end of life care. Site includes links and research publications.

Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Commission) is an advisory panel of the nation’s leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, law, and engineering. The Commission seeks to identify and promote policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in a socially and ethically responsible manner.

PubMed from National Library of Medicine
PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.