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Resource Links
Organizations and Networks
These links are provided as a convenience to visitors of our web site.
Listing of links on these pages does not imply endorsement or sponsorship of
those sites. If you would like to suggest a link to be added to these lists,
please e-mail us: bioethics@lumc.edu
American Association of Medical
Colleges
http://www.aamc.org
The AAMC site includes links to issues in ethics and medical education.
American Philosophical Association
http://www.udel.edu/apa/
The APA is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United
States. Its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers,
to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate
the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent
philosophy as a discipline.
American Society for
Bioethics & Humanities
http://www.asbh.org
The American Society for
Bioethics and Humanities promotes the exchange of ideas and fosters
multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and inter-professional scholarship,
research, teaching, policy development, professional development, and
collegiality among people engaged in clinical and academic bioethics and the
medical humanities.
American Society of Law, Medicine &
Ethics
http://www.aslme.org/
The mission of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) is to
provide high-quality scholarship, debate, and critical thought to the
community of professionals at the intersection of law, health care, policy,
and ethics.
Bioethics Discussion Pages
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste/
Moderated by Maurice Bernstein, M.D. "These pages are where the questions
and responses to bioethical issues are located. EVERYONE is invited to write
to me about what YOU think about these issues. Bioethical questions may have
significance for all of society and therefore the general public as well as
ethicists should get involved and express what they think. Participants may
write about any of the topics or invite discussion with a new topic. I post
these responses here and update the responses frequently."
Bioethics Network of Ohio
http://www.beno-ethics.org/
The Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO) is a non-profit organization founded to
provide information, promote knowledge and improve practice among persons
concerned with bioethics.
Canadian Bioethics Society
http://www.bioethics.ca/
The Canadian Bioethics Society was founded in 1988 by the amalgamation of
the Canadian Society of Bioethics and the Canadian Society for Medical
Bioethics.
Center for Applied Ethics and
Professional Practice
http://www.edc.org/CAE/
This center designs, implements and evaluates solutions to health and
community problems, accomplishing change in ways that respect the often
conflicting values of our pluralistic society. Ongoing projects include:
"Decisions Near the End of Life."
Center for Bioethics and Human
Dignity
http://www.cbhd.org
The Center is an international educational center whose purpose is to bring
Christian perspectives to bear on contemporary bioethical challenges facing
individuals, families, communities, and societies.
Center for Healthcare Ethics
http://www.stjhs.org/chr
The Center for Healthcare Ethics provides leadership and support for St.
Joseph Health System’s ethics committees and programs in Orange, CA.
Center for the Advancement of
Science Education
http://www.nucase.neu.edu
Northeastern University Center for the Advancement of Science Education (NUCASE)
was established to investigate and respond to ethical concerns through a
combination of reflection and more active research and problem solving.
Chicago Clinical Ethics Program
http://www.ccepchicago.org
The Chicago Clinical Ethics Program (CCEP) is a forum in the community for
examining specific bioethical issues and for the development of bioethics
policies affecting the delivery of health care services. Quarterly meetings
are held at medical schools, hospitals and other health care organizations
on a rotating basis. CCEP conducts an annual two day conference in the
Chicago area on "Ethics in Healthcare Institutions." CCEP was founded in
1988 to establish ongoing dialogue and collaborative activities among
clinical ethics educational and research programs at the seven medical
schools and many medical centers in the Chicago area.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/bioethics
The Department of Bioethics provides ethics information and consultation
services for CCF employees, patients and families.
Clinical Trials Research Group
http://www.mcgill.ca/CTRG
CTRG at McGill University was founded by the late Benjamin Freedman PhD. The
group focuses upon ethical issues in biomedical research.
Danish Council of Ethics
http://www.etiskraad.dk/sw293.asp
The Council's task is to provide the Danish Parliament, official authorities
and the public with ongoing advice and information about ethical problems
raised by developments within the national health service and the field of
biomedicine.
DeathNET
http://www.islandnet.com/~deathnet/
DeathNET is an international archive specializing in all aspects of death
and dying. It contains a wide range of materials related to the legal,
moral, medical, historical and cultural aspects of human mortality.
Enhancement Technologies Group
http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/bioethics/index.html
The project examines new medical treatments and technologies that can be
used not simply for treating illness and disability, but also for enhancing
human capacities and characteristics.
Eubios Ethics Institute
http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/index.html
The Eubios Ethics Institute is a nonprofit group that aims to stimulate the
international discussion of ethical issues, and how we may use technology in
ways consistent with "good life" (eu-bios). It is based in Christchurch, New
Zealand and in Tsukuba Science City, Japan.
Euroethics
http://www.gwdg.de/~uelsner/euroeth.htm
European Data Base Network in the fields of ethics in medicine, health care
and health professions. Joint project of France, Germany, The Netherlands
and Sweden, supported by the European Commission.
Hastings Center
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/
The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary
research institute that addresses fundamental ethical issues in the areas of
health, medicine, and the environment as they affect individual, communities
and societies.
IPOS/ASPBOA
http://www.asbh.org/index.htm
The mission of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and American
Society for Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology/AIDS (ASPBOA) is to promote
the psychological, social, and physical well being of patients with cancer,
AIDS and allied diseases and their families at all stages of disease and
survivorship through clinical care, education, research, and advocacy.
Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
http://www.hebrewacademy.com
The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics of the Hebrew Academy of San
Francisco is the sponsor of the Annual International Conference on Jewish
Medical Ethics.
Interfaculty Center for Ethics in
the Sciences and Humanities
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/qxe/bme/index.html
The interfaculty Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities is located
at the University of Tübingen (Germany). Research projects include the
ethical problems of genetic engineering in agriculture, and genome analysis.
Islamic Medical Association of North
America
http://www.imana.org/
The "Islamic Medicine and Science" section of this website contains
authoritative summaries of Islamic views of euthanasia, organ donation and
transplantation, genetic engineering and reproductive issues.
Last Acts
http://www.lastacts.org
Last Acts is a call-to-action campaign dedicated to improving end-of-life
care through sharing of ideas and solutions by professional care givers,
institutions and consumers. The Last Acts Web site includes news updates, a
resource center and reports on palliative care, family needs, service
providers, education and training, financing and the workplace.
Medbioworld: Bioethics Associations
http://www.medbioworld.com/both/assocdb/bioethics.html
Midwest Bioethics Center
http://www.midbio.org/
MBC is a nonprofit, community-based ethics, dedicated to helping communities
integrate ethics into health care policy and clinical decision making.
New York City Long-Term Care Ethics
Network
http://www.angelfire.com/on/NYCLTCethicsnetwork/index.html
Since 1994 this non-profit organization has existed to assist long-term
professionals in ethics and ethical decision making in long-term care.
Nursing Ethics Network
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/son/ethics/nen.html
NEN is an organization of professional nurses committed to the advancement
of nursing ethics in clinical practice through research, education and
consultation.
Partnership for Caring
http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/
For 62 years the leaders and members of Choice In Dying and its predecessor
organizations worked to achieve "a good death" for all. Choice In Dying laid
the groundwork for a new organization named Partnership for Caring:
America's Voices for the Dying. This organization represented an opportunity
to partner more broadly with individuals and other organizations, consumers
and professionals committed to improving care at the end-of-life. In January
of 2000 the Board of Choice In Dying voted to dissolve itself and transfer
all of its programs and staff to Partnership for Caring, moving their vision
and the discussion into the new millennium.
Project on Death in America
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/pdia
The Project on Death in America seeks to transform the culture of dying by
supporting initiatives in research, scholarship, the humanities, and the
arts, and by fostering innovation in the provision of care, public and
professional education, and public policy.
Provincial Health Ethics Network
http://www.phen.ab.ca
PHEN is a network of individuals interested in health ethics across Alberta,
Canada. The offices and staff aim to link together individuals and
provide all Albertans information about and access to health ethics
resources.
Public Responsibility in Medicine
and Research (PRIM&R)
http://www.primr.org/
PRIM&R is committed to the advancement of strong research programs and to
the consistent application of ethical precepts in both medicine and
research. Through national conferences and published reports, it has
addressed a broad range of issues in research, clinical practice, ethics,
and the law.
Southern Cross Bioethics Institute
http://www.bioethics.com
The Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, is an independent and
non-denominational academic institute established in 1987 in the South
Australian capital, Adelaide.
Swedish Society of Medicine
http://come.to/doctorweb
Medical Ethics at The Swedish Society of Medicine
Texas Council for the Humanities
http://www.public-humanities.org/
The Texas Council for the Humanities (TCH), working in partnership with the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), seeks to engage the people of
Texas in critical reflection on their individual and collective lives by
providing opportunities for lifelong learning in the humanities.
The Park Ridge Center
http://www.prchfe.org/
The Park Ridge Center is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian
organization that conducts research, clinical consultation, and educational
programs on issues of health, faith, and ethics.
Veterans Affairs National Center for
Clinical Ethics
http://wrjval.hitchcock.org/
NCCE was established as the national ethics center to serve the Department
of Veterans Affairs, including all VA Ethics Advisory Committees,
nationally.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.org/
International public health information including Human Genome Project, xeno-transplantation,
and AIDS. Also includes Council for International Organizations of Medical
Sciences (CIOMS) information about human subject research.
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