Open Directory - Society: Philosophy: Ethics: Applied: Bioethics
See also: This category in other languages: - How should clinicians approach an ethical dilemma when they have little time to ponder or to seek consultation? This proven method works. - Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world. - Portal on issues in bioethics offers news and articles. - Broad overview of historical and current moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research, from the U. of Penn. Includes news, headlines, articles, upcoming events. - The bioethics of clinical medical practice, medical research, health care ethics, public health, and human rights are dealt with in this course. - Case commentary on a controversial topic. Should newly dead bodies be used to teach medical practitioners skills that can be used to save others? - Case commentary on a common dilemma. When can and must children be treated without parental consent? - A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants. - Uses case studies and discussion questions to introduce bioethics themes and issues into the secondary school classroom. - Islamic views on many medical ethics issues including organ donation, cloning, euthanasia, abortion , fertility, sex change operations. - London-based institution studies a range of bioethical issues, providing academic analysis from a Catholic perspective. - A center devoted to teaching future clinical ethicists. - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. - A collection of bioethics web resources provided by the National Institutes of Health - A specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, and government publications. - NAROF gives voice to parents and professionals critical of current practices in neonatology. A resource to gain insight into the human cost of raising survivors of neonatal research and practice. - Canadian nursing ethics website. Highly informative and professional. - site deals with new developments in bioethics and medical ethics, offers texts and information about conferences and workshops on ethical aspects of the life sciences. - These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics. - The National Rural Bioethics Project aims to identify ethics-related issues that face rural healthcare providers, and to develop and provide appropriate and relevant resources and materials that help resolve such issues. - Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders. - Whether human-made elements of primary life structures that define the essence of this Court's vaguely defined non-viable (fetus) patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. - Home page of the National Human Genome Research Institute, the arm of the U.S. National Institutes of Health dedicated to advancing human health through genetic research. - "Science Friday" audio discussion with Charles Greer, Arthur Caplan, and Susanna Priest on public attitudes about biotechnology research around the world and on the identification of a human gene linked to pheromones. Features related links. (September 01, 2000)
