Open directory - Bioethics - Applied - Ethics - Philosophy

AIDS in Africa - Ethics, Law, Society - This site covers ethical, legal, social issues of HIV/AIDS in AFRICA (focus on South Africa). Folders cover patients, health care professionals, resource allocation, research, IPR and other issues.

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.

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities - Professional society of individuals, organizations, and institutions interested in bioethics and humanities.

Australasian Bioethics Information - Resources on bioethics issues, including a weekly news digest of the latest bioethics news from around the world.

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.

Bioethics Forum - Portal on issues in bioethics offers news and articles.

Bioethics, Inc. - Commercial organisation providing bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics consultancy services.

Bioethics Research Group @ NTNU - interdisciplinary research group:ethical challenges of modern medical technology and biotechnology, prenatal screening, postnatal screening, euthanasia, medicalization, risk-perception and genetically modified food.

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.

Bioetica en la Red - Spanish language bioethics site, documentation, news, books,

Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward - Reflections on Biomedical Ethics in the Cancer Ward from a Patient's Perspective

Biotechnology Governance Forum - This site provides comprehensive information about the science, policy, and ethical aspects of research and experimentation on the early stages of human life.

Breaking Bioethics News - the latest issues and commentary (at MSNBC).

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?

The Center for Bioethics - Interdisciplinary unit of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, dedicated to advancing scholarly and public understanding of ethical, legal, social and public policy issues in health care.

The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network - Organization offers news, events, and articles.

Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh - Information on joint degree, graduate and continuing education in Bioethics and Health Law.

Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity - Provides news, information, and other resources on bioethics. Analysis from a Christian perspective.

Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law - Centre for Bio-Ethics and Health Law is an independent academic institute offering short-term advice and research; it organises courses and provides training sessions. Within the Centre veterinarians and ethicists work together in areas of applied ethics and education and in judicial research.

Centre for Human Bioethics - Monash University's One-Stop bioethics site. Bioethics degree programs, Bioethics Resources Centre Center, Bioethics research.

Council of Europe Bioethics Division - European Bioethics Convention, Human Rights and Biomedicine human cloning, organ transplantation, biomedical research, human embryo and foetus, human genetics, xenotransplantation,

Department of Medical Humanities, East Carolina University - Research, education programs, newsletter, and internet links in the area of medical ethics.

Ethics of Organ Transplants - A discussion of the ethical issues of organ transplants.

Ethics Updates: Literature on Bioethics, Cloning, and Reproductive Technologies - Links to a variety of papers, events, case studies, and Internet resources.

French National Consultative Bioethics Committee - Opinions, recommendations and reports, in English, published by the Committee

The Garrett Hardin Society - Dedicated to the preservation of the writings and ideas of Garrett James Hardin. A common thread throughout his work is an interest in bioethics.

The Hastings Center - Exploring fundamental ethical questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment. Independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

High School Bioethics Curriculum Project (HSBCP) - Uses case studies and discussion questions to introduce bioethics themes and issues into the secondary school classroom.

Institute of Human Values in Health Care - At the Medical University of South Carolina: an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose mission is to bring a more philosophical approach to medicine.

International Association of Bioethics - official website of this international bioethics umbrella organisation, hosted at the University of the Philippines.

International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO - Is one of many international bodies dealing with the subject of bioethics. Contains mostly minutes of forums meetings and various resolutions.

International Center for Bioethics, Culture and Disability - Extensive site on bioethics, particularly as pertaining to the rights of disabled people.

International Center for Technology Assessment - Devoted to study of and remedies for the ethical problems of Patents on life and human body parts.

International Network for Life Studies - Japanese bioethicist's views on life and death issues, and environmental ethics.

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.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - Ethics Center at Santa Clara University, offers articles, cases, and dialogue in all fields of applied ethics. Focus on: Biotechnology and Health Care Ethics, Character Education, Business Ethics, Government Ethics, Global Ethical Leadership, and Technology Ethics.

Medical Ethics - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

National Bioethics Advisory Commission - Commission created by Presidential Executive order #12975 (10/3/1995).

The National Rural Bioethics Project - The National Rural Bioethics Project aims to identify ethics-related issues that face rural healthcare providers, and to devolop and provide appropriate and relevant resources and materials that help resolve such issues.

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.

Provincial Health Ethics Network (Alberta, Canada) - Non-profit Canadian organization dedicated to providing bioethics resources including distance education, Bioethics Week, video and book library, sample advance directives, bioethics articles database, video reviews, workshops and periodicals.

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.

The Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics - Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.

S I B L E at Sheffield - Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics at the University of Sheffield, an inter-faculty institute created to bring together the disparate and wide range of expertise in this area.

Starting Points in Health Care Ethics / Bioethics - These pages provide suggested readings as a starting point in learning about bioethics / health care ethics.

U S Supreme Court Petition - Whether human-made elements of primary life structures that define the essence of this Court's vaguely defined non-viable (fetus) patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C.

University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics - Bioethics resources site, with dedicated link pages to Women's Health, Genetics and Ethics, and End-of-life decision making.

Pheromones, Bioethics and Biotechnology -