Resources

Bioethics Resources

More information about bioethics is available at the following Web sites.

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Bioethics
  Provides AAP policy on bioethical issues, commentaries on contemporary issues, and a reading list.
• AAP Committee on Bioethics authored policies
  The following articles summarize and comment on the AAP Committee on Bioethics authored policies: Pediatrics in Review 2008;29:e1-e8, Pediatrics in Review 2008;29:315-e22 and Pediatrics in Review 2008;29:e28-e34
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 
  A national professional organization for bioethics research, education and consultation.
• Bioethics Forum
  Provides diverse commentary on bioethics issues. This Web site is a service of The Hastings Center Report, and is maintained by the Hastings Center.
• Bioethics.net
  Maintained by the American Journal of Bioethics. The site contains a virtual library and resources on specific issues. Other resources available through this site include Bioethics for Beginners, with educational tools and information on specific topics in bioethics, and upcoming events.
• Applied Ethics Resources on WWW: Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics Resources
  Contains links to more than 100 bioethics institutes, programs of study and healthcare organizations, plus online literature and information on specific topics. The site is maintained by the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia.
• Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine
  Includes links to medical ethics topics and principles.
• National Reference Center of Bioethics Literature
  Provides access to published bibliographies, the Ethics and Human Genetics Database and research help over the phone. The site is maintained by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. There is also a scope note about bioethics resources on the Web.
• NIH Department of Clinical Bioethics
  Includes links to the syllabus, course materials and webcasts for the Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research course.
• Pediatric Ethics Consortium
  Provides information specific to pediatric bioethics.
• President’s Council on Bioethics
  Advised the president on biomedical and technological issues.
• UNESCO Social and Human Sciences: Bioethics
  Bioethics information page. Includes universal and international declaration standards from UNESCO meetings that have been adopted as international standards.