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Bioethics


The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

The Center exists to equip thought leaders to engage the issues of bioethics using the tools of rigorous research, conceptual analysis, charitable critique, leading-edge publication, and effective teaching.
http://www.cbhd.org/


Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues: Human Genome Project


The U.S. DOE and NIH have devoted a percentage of their annual HGP budgets toward studying the ELSI issues surrounding the availability of genetic information. This suite of ELSI pages covers a number of these issues.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/elsi.shtml


The Hastings Center

The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969. The Center's mission is to address fundamental ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine, and the environment as they affect individuals, communities, and societies.
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/


Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB)

EJAIB is the official journal of the Asian Bioethics Association (ABA) and the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Bioethics Program. EJAIB aims to review and update news and trends in bioethics from around the world (about 1000 papers each issue).
http://www.eubios.info/EJAIB.htm


National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), is a specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics.
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/nrc/


NIH Links Page for Bioethics

This website contains a broad collage of annotated web links, and while this list is comprehensive, it is not totally inclusive. The listed resources provide background information and various positions on issues in bioethics. Where possible, we have linked directly to those positions.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/nih/index.cfm


University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics

The Center for Bioethics has become a world-renowned educational and research enterprise that employs over 20 full and part-time faculty with appointments in a number of University of Pennsylvania schools and departments.
http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/