What is bioethics?
Current Bioethics Info
End of Life
UpToDate: Ethical Issues Near the End of Life
NY Times: How to Die
Katy Butler: Slow Medicine
Dr. Atul Gawande: Letting Go
LaPOST: Handbook for Docs
LaPOST: Go to State Website
LaPOST video: Using the LaPOST Document to Improve Advance Care Planning (intranet only)
Respecting Choices training
Journals
American journal of bioethics : AJOB
Print Collection 2009 only
Bioethics
Health Business FullTEXT Elite 1998 to present (Embargo: 12 months)
Canadian bioethics report
FreeFullText.com 1995 - 2001
Eubios journal of Asian and international bioethics
FreeFullText.com 1995 to present
BMC medical ethics
BioMed Central (Open Access) 2000 to present
FreeFullText.com 2000 to present
PubMed Central (Open Access) 2000 to present
Ethics & Medicine
Health Business FullTEXT Elite 2008 to present
Ethics and the Environment
Health Business FullTEXT Elite 1999 to present
Ethics in science and environmental politics
FreeFullText.com 2001 to present
Web Resources
Bioethics Web
"BioethicsWeb is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources relating to biomedical ethics, including ethical, social, legal, and public policy questions arising from advances in medicine and biology, issues relating to the conduct of biomedical research, and approaches to bioethics."
Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
The mission of the Center is to advance and disseminate knowledge concerning ethical issues in health care and the life sciences.
The Hastings Center
This Center is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969.
The Hinxton Group
This group "facilitat[es] communication among scientists, policymakers, journal editors, and the public about international scientific collaboration in the area of stem cell research." The site includes the text of international policies concerning stem cell research.
Indiana University Center for Bioethics
This subject guide provides brief annotations of basic bioethics information sources.
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Portal for bioethics, including references and national guidelines.
National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics
"The National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, supports information services - for example, bibliographic databases searchable via the Internet, the full text of online annotated bibliographies, and print publications - on topics related to ethics and human genetics."
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. The library holdings represent the world's largest collection related to ethical issues in medicine and biomedical research."
The President's Council on Bioethics
Created in November 2001 by Executive Order to "advise the President on bioethical issues that may emerge as a consequence of advances in biomedical science and technology. In support of its mission, the Council may study ethical issues connected with specific technological activities, such as embryo and stem cell research, assisted reproduction, cloning, uses of knowledge and techniques derived from human genetics or the neurosciences, and end of life issues."
University of Toronto, Joint Centre for Bioethics
"The JCB studies important ethical, health-related topics through research and clinical activities."
Ethics in Medicine - University of Washington
List of online bioethics sites is arranged alphabetically by Bioethics Topics
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Ochsner Bioethics Policies
Ochsner Bioethics Newsletters
Ochsner Journal Bioethics Columns
Annual Bioethics Grand Rounds
Nov 2012
Title: Approaching Patients and Family Members Who Hope for a Miracle
Speaker: Erik Fromme, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology; Assistant Director, Center for Ethics in Health Care; Oregon Health & Science University.
Article: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 42(1), July 2011, 119-125
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Nov 2011
Title: Reviving the Conversation Around CPR/DNR
Speaker: Jeffrey Bishop MD, PhD, is Director, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University; Tenet Chair of Health Care Ethics. Before joining the Gnaegi Center, Bishop served on the faculties of Vanderbilt University, the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth in the United Kingdom and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Bishop is a physician and holds a PhD in philosophy.
Article: American Journal of Bioethics 2010;10(1):61-67.
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Nov 2010
Title: What Broke My Father's Heart: Katy Butler shares her story
Speaker: Katy Butler is an American Buddhist journalist, essayist, and cultural critic whose writing often begins with personal revelation. Published in the New York Times Magazine, her 2010 memoir, “My Father’s Broken Heart,” explored the moral quandaries created by advanced medical technology near the end of life. The fourth-most accessed article in the magazine in 12 months, it was named a “notable narrative” by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard and was selected by Edwidge Danticat for inclusion in “The Best American Essays 2011,” and by Rebecca Skloot for “The Best Science Writing 2011.” Her website at http://katybutler.com has a helpful section on SLOW MEDICINE.
Article: NY Times, June 18, 2010 (Father's Day)
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