Resources
Bioethics Internet Sources
Note: The following lists are neither exhaustive nor representative of every view on their respective subjects. The Global Bioethics Initiative does not necessarily endorse the positions taken in sources below.
Bioethics Centers
United States
Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance
Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center
NIH Bioethics Documents and Publications
Center for the Study of Bioethics
International Association of Bioethics
Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University
The Institute of Human Values in Health Care
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)
Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
American College of Physicians Ethics and Professionalism
Health Administration Responsibility Project
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Columbia University, Center for Bioethics
The Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College
CUNY, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bioethics Program
New York University Center for Bioethics
Brown University, Center for Biomedical Ethics
Princeton University, The University Center for Human Values and Student Bioethics Forum
SUNY Buffalo, Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
SUNY Stony Brook, Division of Medicine in Society
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Center for Bioethics and Humanities
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Division of Medical Humanities, Health Law and Ethics
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Bioethics
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Bioethics and Health Law
University of Pittsburgh, Consortium Ethics Program
Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics
University of British Columbia Centre for Applied Bioethics
Harvard University Program on Ethical Issues in International Health
Georgetown University Bioethics Research Library
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Palliative Doctors – American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
National Palliative Care Research Center
The Institute for Palliative Medicine
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Institute for Stem Sell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Americans for Cures Foundation – Leading the Fight for Stem Cell Cures
Cedarville University Center for Bioethics
Europe
Council of Europe Bioethics Division
European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (EurSafe)
Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Bioethics
European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics
The University of Nottingham, Centre for Applied Bioethics
Scottish Council on Human Bioethics
The European Society For Philosophy of Medicine
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Bioethics
Masaryk University, University Centre for Bioethics
Provincial Health Ethics Network
French National Consultative Bioethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences
German Academy for Ethics in Medicine
German National Ethics Council
Hellenic National Bioethics Commission
Italian National Bioethics Committee
Utrecht University, Centre for Bioethics and Health Law
Centre for Ethics and Health of the Netherlands
The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics
European Palliative Care Research Centre
European Association for Palliative Care
University of Belgrade Center for the Study of Bioethics
Latin America
Latin American Forum for Members of Health Research Ethics Committees
Latin American Palliative Care Association
Asia and Oceania
The Center for Asian and International Bioethics
Forum for Ethical Review Committees in Asian and Western Pacific Region
Forum for Ethics Committees in the Confederation of Independent States
Center for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Bioethics Association
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Culture, Pakistan
Bioethics Advisory Committee, Singapore
Center for Medical Ethics and Professionalism, Singapore Medical Association
Lien Center for Palliative Care
Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network
SNAP – Stem Cell Network Asia Pacific
Australia
Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law (AABHL)
Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)
Monash University Center for Human Bioethics
Southern Cross Bioethics Institute
Caroline Chisholm Center for Health Ethics
Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)
The University of Sydney, Center for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine
Australian Catholic University, Plunkett Center for Ethics
The University of Newcastle Australia, Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law (CUEHL)
Bioscience-Bioethics Friendship Cooperative
Royal Children’s Hospital, Children’s Bioethics Center
Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC)
New Zealand
University of Otago, Bioethics Center
Health Research Council of New Zealand
New Zealand National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction
Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Center
Africa
African Palliative Care Association
Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa Oxford Cancer Foundation
Journals, Articles and More Resources
American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics
Kennedy Institute National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL)
American Journal of Bioethics Online
American Journal of Bioethics Resources
The Institute of Human Values in Health Care Links
Future of Stem Cell Research Video
World Health Organization (WHO) Bioethics
On Palliative Care
BioMed Central – BMC Palliative Care Latest Articles
Medscape Latest News in Palliative Care
Human Rights Watch – Palliative Care and Access to Controlled Medicines
International Standards/Guidelines of Practice for Palliative Care
World Health Organization Palliative Care
UNAIDS – Palliative Care Report
United States
USA Today – Palliative care prolongs life, reduces suffering
Washington Post – Hospitals increasingly offer palliative care
National Cancer Institute – Palliative Care in Cancer
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine
National Palliative Care Summit
Europe
European Parliament Study – Palliative Care in the European Union
European Journal of Palliative Care – Standards for paediatric palliative care in Europe
Palliative care updates in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
12th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care
Latin America
The State of Palliative Care and HIV/AIDS in Latin America
Palliative Care in Latin America & The Caribbean: Recent Actions, New Resources
Palliative Care Delivery in Latin America: Obstacles and Solutions
Asia
The Lancet – Hopeful stories of palliative care in Southeast Asia
Hospice and Palliative Care in Southeastern Asia
Palliative Care Development in Asia
Palliative Care: An Asian Perspective
9th Asian Pacific Hospice Conference
Africa
WHO – Africa project on palliative care
South Africa: Caring about palliative care
Africa’s HIV palliative care needs examination
Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
On Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy
Stem Cell Research Around the World
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Ethics of Stem Cell Research
TED – Alan Russell on Regenerating our Bodies
Bioethics and the Stem Cell Research Debate
UN Divided on Stem Cell Research
New England Journal of Medicine – Embryo Ethics – The Moral Logic of Stem-Cell Research
Key Ethical Issues in Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Biotechnology Online – Ethics of Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Therapy: The Ethical Issues
Stem Cell Research – Status, Prospects, Prerequisites
United States
Los Angeles Times – San Diego company studies stem cell implant as a Type 1 diabetes treatment
American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research
Washington Post – First patient gets embryonic cells
Crain’s Detroit Business – Stem cell research can spur economic growth, researcher says
Crain’s Detroit Business – Human stem cell therapy could be on market in four years, researcher says
CBS News – Medicine’s Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs
New Yorker – Regenerative Medicine: 2012
Santa Clara University – The ethics of human cloning and stem cell research
National Conference of State Legislatures Stem Cell Research
Europe
EuroStemCell – European Consortium for Stem Cell Research
Ethics, Profits and Patents… The Future of Embryonic Stem Cells
The Framework Programme for Research and Development and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Technology Development Gets Cold Shoulder From European Advocate General
Asia
Look At Vietnam – Stem Cell Research Promising
Bloomberg Businessweek – U.S. Stem Cell Ruling May Boost Asian Research
Science Progress – U.S. Stem Cell Ruling Invites Asian Competition
TIME Asia – Asia’s Stem Cell City
Asia Times – India Embraces Stem Cell Research
Bloomberg Businessweek – Asia Is Stem Cell Central
Latin America
Stem Cell Research Forges Ahead in Latin America
Africa
Current State of Stem Cell Research and its Application in South Africa
Business Day – Stem Cell Problems
On Human Cloning
United Nation’s Sixth Committee
Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
U.S. National Bioethics Advisory Commission
U.S. President’s Council on Bioethics
Belgian Consultative Committee on Bioethics
French National Consultative Ethics Committee
German National Ethics Council
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Spanish Association on Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Church and Society Commission, Conference of European Churches
Center for Genetics and Society
On Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
World Health Organization’s site on FGM:
Amnesty International’s Human Rights Information Pack
Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
Circumcision Information and Resources Pages (CIRP): Female Circumcision
International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH)
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)
Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH)
World Health Organization’s Actions for Elimination
Human Rights Violation, Danger to Girls, Communicates Women’s Inferiority
British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws
Genetically Modified Food
PEW Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
World Health Organization – Food Safety
Issues in Biotechnology – American Institute of Biotechnology
Debate over Genetically Modified Foods
Harvest of Fear – PBS/NOVA Frontline program
Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful – Discovery Guides
Behind the label – facts on genetically engineered foods – True Food Network Shopping Guide
Transplant Centers
Ten transplant centers serve the greater New York metropolitan area:
Montefiore Medical Center [Montefiore-Einstein Transplant Center]
Heart, Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplants
Mount Sinai Medical Center [Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute]
Heart, Liver, Kidney, Pancreas, and Intestinal Transplants
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Heart, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Pancreas, and Intestinal Transplants
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Kidney, Liver and Pancreas Transplants
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System/Manhasset
Kidney Transplants
NYU Langone Medical Center [Mary Lea Johnson Richards Organ Transplantation Center]
Liver and Kidney Transplants
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Kidney Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Kidney Transplants
Westchester Medical Center
Kidney, Liver, and Heart Transplants
