Bioethics Resources

Resources

• Center for Practical Bioethics
  
  • Ochsner Ethicist Resource: Ryan Pferdehirt, D. Bioethics, HEC-C - Center for Practical Bioethics
• Bioethics Resources
  • Clinical Ethics Consultation Bundle | American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (asbh.org) and/or Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8e
  • Ochsner Medical Library Print Books on Ethics
  • Ochsner Medical Library Journals on Ethics
  • Ochsner Medical Library eBooks on Ethics

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Resources - Louisiana Healthcare Quality Forum 
• Allocation of Scarce Critical Care Resources During a Public Health Emergency
• Point: The Ethics of Unilateral “Do Not Resuscitate” Orders
• ‘Surgical Ethics’: Conceptual Framework
• Surgical Ethics – Theory, Philosophy, Background
• The Toughest Triage – Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic 

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 healthcare 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 facilitates 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."

Ethics in Medicine - University of Washington
List of online bioethics sites is arranged alphabetically by Bioethics Topics