Resources > Ethics
Designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
An online text from the Josephson Institute of Ethics.
Department of Health web page providing access to documents detailing Governance Arrangements for NHS Research Ethics Committees.
A site which introduces major ethical topics in international health research, poses questions for students and scholars to consider, and also provides research resources and interactive case studies. From the Harvard School of Public Health.
An online course from the University of Miami
Details of meetings of the various MRECS, Standard Operating Procedures, contact information and, the Application Form and Guidance Notes.
An article in the BMJ.
Links to the codes of ethics of some major disciplinary and research organisations. Provided by the Cornell University Committee on Human Subjects.
A PowerPoint slide set from Utah University. Works best in Explorer and requires a plug-in.
An interactive tutorial which provides an overview of informed consent, guides you through the processes involved in obtaining participant consent, and allows you to create an informed consent form online. From the University of Minnesota.
Each topic begins with an overview and a series of commonly asked questions. In addition, there are several case-based scenarios with discussions linked to each topic. Links to additional readings and related websites are included at the end of topic. From the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Online texts including The Physician-Patient Relationship, Managing Mortality, Transplants and Xenographs, Helping Parents Parent, The Genetics Revolution, Human Experimentation, and Religion, Culture, Medicine. From the University of Wisconsin
A set of articles from the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
This site features
Bioethics for Beginners as well as pages dealing with topics such as assisted suicide and cloning. A resource from the University of Pennsylvania.
From Georgetown University
A set of texts on various bioethical issues from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
This organisation's site maintains a set of news features and web developments in the field of bioethics.
Some sample lectures from the The Distance Education Program at MCW's Center for the Study of Bioethics.
A set of PowerPoint presentations from the University College of the Cariboo. These can be downloaded or viewed through PowerPoint.
A reference list of books, journals, and other resources selected to help those working in the field to begin their research.
Scenarios grouped under: Decisions to Forgo Treatment, Confidentiality, Truth Telling, and Women's Health. From the Buffalo Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care.
Source of news and views on a wide range of issues in health care ethics in the UK.
Available online for a limited period.
The full text of issues from the past few years available to read online.
A newsletter from the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota. The complete text of each edition is available as a pdf file. Other
related publications are also available.
A journal from the Consortium Ethics Program at Pittsburgh University
Discussions on a variety of topics which you can read or contribute to.
for Clinicians Around the World
Source of news and views on a wide range of issues in health care ethics in the UK.
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