In addition to the
subject-specific sites below, be sure
to check out the local and off-campus links at the main Research
portion of
this page. In fact, it is probably best to start there if you are
working on a
paper.
The following links offer
bibliographical information,
important documents, legal cases, current news items, and links to
other
resources. Look around on your own and let the class know what other
useful or
interesting sites you find.
CURRENT BIOETHICS NEWS
Philosophy
&
Bioethics Network Universe (a comprehensive site
with feeds to other bioethics and philosophy sites --
very useful)
Philosophy
& Bioethics Motherlode (feeds to many other bioethics
journals and
news sites, including the following)
Bioethics.net
(University
of Pennsylvania)
Bioethics
News (American Journal of
Bioethics)
BioethicsWeb (access
to a
searchable catalogue of internet sites & resources covering
biomedical
ethics)
BioEdge (world-wide
bioethics news; sign up for regular email notification)
BioNews
(a British information service; you can sign up to receive weekly
newsletters
about recent developments)
The Scientist (in
association
with BioMed Central)
The New Scientist (new
developments in science, including biomedicine)
SciTech
Daily Review (a comprehensive set of links to current
literature
online)
Ethics
Matters
(U. of Minnesota editorials on current
issues)
Bioethics
Discussion
Pages
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANCE
&
SEARCH ENGINES (Also see RESEARCH section of class website, esp.
EBSCO and
KYVL.)
Bioethics Resources on the Web
(National Institutes of Health)
Medline
-- the main bibliographical database in medical sciences (also
available in
KYVL, via WKU Library database portal )
National Library
of
Medicine (many databases)
National Reference
Center for
Bioethics Literature ( Georgetown University)
Literature, Arts,
&
Medicine Database (NYU)
Bioethics Library &
Information Services Georgetown University)
Center for
Bioethics and Medical Humanities (U. of Wisconsin)
Center for
the Study of
Bioethics
(Medical College of Wisconsin)
Locator
Plus (National Library of Medicine)
Bioethics
Briefing Book (Hastings Center) – annotated introductions
to
bioethics issues, a good place to search for research topics
Scrirus
(scientific information)
BIOETHICS SITES (links to
specialized programs and institutes that maintain detailed, informative
websites)
Kennedy Institute of
Ethics
(Georgetown U., Wash. DC)
Center for Bioethics
(U. of Minnesota)
BioethicsNet
(U. of Pennsylvania)
Center for the Study of
Bioethics
(Med. College
of Wisconsin)
Center for Clinical
&
Research Ethics (Vanderbilt
U.)
Bioethics Institute
(Johns Hopkins U.)
President's
Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Sheffield
Institute of Biotechnology Law & Ethics (U. of Sheffield)
Center
for Clinical Ethics & Humanities (U. of Buffalo, NY)
Centre for
Human
Bioethics (Monash U.,
Australia)
Journal of Medical Ethics
American Society for Bioethics
&
Humanities
Medical Humanities
(NYU)
Medical
Ethics Resource Guide (useful links at MedicalAssistant.net)
Center for Practical
Bioethics
NurseGroups.com
(a good set of links to various ethical problem areas in
biomedicine)
SPECIALIZED INFORMATION
SOURCES
American
Medical Association (AMA)
American
Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
FindLaw (Internet
Legal
Resources)
Human Genome
Project
National
Human Genome Research Institute (main federal site on this
subject)
Council
for Responsible Genetics
About Biotech
Genome Gateway
(at
Nature)
The New Scientist
(great science site, lots of topics)
National Center for
Biotechnology
Information
RESOLVE:
The National Infertility Association
Center for Human
Reproduction
(CHR) (Illinois, New York; "the
nation's leading
fertility center")
California
Cryobank (sperm bank, umbilical cord blood banking)
Man Not Included
(sperm source
for lesbians and single women)
Society
for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) (details on ART
center in
the U.S.,
incl individual success rates for different ART treatments)
KY Advance Directive
Form
(PDF format); KY
Advance Directive Form (includes surrogacy provision)
See Kentucky
Revised Statutes (KRS)
311.625-643
DyingWell.org
(resources for people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and
their
professional caregivers)
Palliative Dementia Care Resources