Bioethics Links
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Here you will find a number of listings for sites relevant to our study of Bioethics.  There are a number of centers doing research in Bioethics as well as some online journals dealing with Bioethics.  As you will see, this is just a beginning as you'll find links to other sources from here.  It is good to remember that anyone can post anything on the internet, so be critical in assessing the validity of the resources you find on the internet. You might want to look at my student links or on this site that was prepared by the reference staff at Saint Joseph's College for information on how to critically assess web sites. (The links below are generally reliable, as they are associated with University medical centers.)

Reference Searches 
Inspire (These databases are accessible to anyone in Indiana as part of Indiana's virtual library.)
The Kaiser Family Foundation You will find lots of good statistical information on health issues here.
MEDLINEplus® will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MEDLINEplus brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia. You can search MEDLINEplus® right here: (results will appear in new window)
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The Vatican
NOESIS - Philosophical Article Search (At Evansville University)
Lexis-Nexis (Several databases to choose from)
HCUPnet - a great resource with lots of statistical data that you can customize a search query.

Resource Centers for Bioethics
Bioethics Resources on the Web a number of good sites from the NIH.
Case Western Reserve-Center for Bioethics  
Center for Bioethics (At the University of Minnesota)
The Joseph & Rose Kennedy Institute for Ethics
National Catholic Bioethics Center (Formerly the Pope John Center--see especially News and Notes)
University of Buffalo Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
University of Pennsylvania - Center for Bioethics
The Hastings Center
The Center for Health Care Ethics (Saint Louis University) 
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Online Journals (Bioethics and related topics)
 These are peer reviewed.
American Journal of Ethics and Medicine (there are some full-text articles (.pdf)
Biomedical Ethics -- from the AMA
Hastings Center Report
Journals of the American Medical Association (including a search engine for theses journals)
Journal of Medical Ethics (no abstracts here, just article titles)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal - articles online
Linacre (England) (several articles posted online) 
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Church Documents and Resources
Declaration on Abortion (Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith - 1974)
Declaration on Euthanasia (CDF - 1980)
Nutrition and Hydration Moral and Pastoral Reflections (1992)
Donum Vitae -- Respect for Human Life and Dignity of Procreation (CDF - 1987)
Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Facilities (2001)
Evangelium Vitae -The Gospel of Life (Pope John Paul II - 1995)
Dignitas Personae (or here as .pdf) The most recent Vatican Document on Bioethics (Sept 2008)
Resources for Catholic Educators (Moral Issues)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops -- Bioethics Resources
The Catholic Health Association 
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Other Resources 
Tom Mayo's Bioethics Web resources - Mayo is an assistant professor at the Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University and has quite an extensive listing of very good links to issues in Bioethics.
McFarland's Core 10 Ethics links -- some links in bioethics and other areas relating to religion and public policy.

 

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Page updated 12/23/2008 by
T. McFarland, C.PP.S. Assoc. Prof. of Religion
Saint Joseph's College.
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