External Resources

External Bioethics Resources

More information about bioethics is available at the following websites:

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Bioethics 
  Provides AAP policy on bioethical issues, commentaries on contemporary issues and a reading list.
• American Board of Pediatrics 
  The ABP offers an annotated bibliography for download.
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 
  A national professional organization for bioethics research, education and consultation.
• Bioethics.net 
  Maintained by the American Journal of Bioethics. The site contains a virtual library and resources on specific issues.
• 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.
• Yale School of Medicine Program for Biomedical Ethics 
  The Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine offers these academic resources and links for additional information in the exploration of biomedical ethics issues.

Professionalism Resources

Professionalism guidelines are available at:

• American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Bioethics Statement on Professionalism 
  Professionalism in Pediatrics: Statement of Principles (Pediatrics Oct. 2008)
• American Board of Pediatrics Program Directors Committee and Association of Pediatric Program Directors 
  Teaching and Assessing Professionalism: A Program Director's Guide (PDF)