Algorithm: Rapid Approach to Ethical Problems

– How should clinicians approach an ethical dilemma when they have little time to ponder or to seek consultation? This proven method works.

Australasian Bioethics Information

– Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world.

Bioethics Forum

– Portal on issues in bioethics offers news and articles.

Bioethics.net

– 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.

Bioethics: a fully online introductory course by Dr. Tom Kerns

– The bioethics of clinical medical practice, medical research, health care ethics, public health, and human rights are dealt with in this course.

Case: Practicing and Teaching on the Newly Dead

– 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: Rights of Minors

– Case commentary on a common dilemma. When can and must children be treated without parental consent?

Ethics of Organ Transplants

– A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants.

High School Bioethics Curriculum Project (HSBCP)

– Uses case studies and discussion questions to introduce bioethics themes and issues into the secondary school classroom.

Islamic Views on Medical Ethics

– Islamic views on many medical ethics issues including organ donation, cloning, euthanasia, abortion , fertility, sex change operations.

Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics

– London-based institution studies a range of bioethical issues, providing academic analysis from a Catholic perspective.

MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

– A center devoted to teaching future clinical ethicists.

Medical Ethics

– Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

National Institutes of Health: Bioethics Resources on the Web

– A collection of bioethics web resources provided by the National Institutes of Health

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

– A specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, and government publications.

Neonatology And Rights Of Families

– 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.

NursingEthics.ca

– Canadian nursing ethics website. Highly informative and professional.

Philosophy, Medical Ethics and Society

– 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.

Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward

– A cancer patient discusses the issues of informed consent, patient autonomy, quality of life and human dignity.

Starting Points in Health Care Ethics / Bioethics

– These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics.