Ethics Resources

Local Ethics Events

CMU Ethics Speakers

Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Health Law Calendar

Philosophy Department Calendar, University of Pittsburgh

Research Ethics Documents

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 45 Part 46

HIPPA Privacy Guidelines

OHRP IRB Guidebook

OHRP Human Subjects Requirements Slide Show

Nuremberg Code

Belmont Report

Declaration of Helsinki

CIOMS Guidelines

Health Technology Assessment

Online Texts and Primary Source Material

JSTOR: Full text archive of selected journals in many areas including Philosophy.

The Perseus Project: Classical texts in Greek and Latin with English translations and impressive search capabilities.

Project Muse: Full text archive of selected journals including: American Journal of Bioethics, Hypatia, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Philosophy and Rhetoric.

ProQuest: Access to full text of the journals to which your library subscribes. At CMU this includes: The Hastings Center Report, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, Social Theory and Practice; Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics...

National Academy Press: Full text of Institute of Medicine Reports and other books available for online reading!

Bioethics Resources

Ethics and Health from the World Health Organization: Provides a focal point for ethical issues raised by the activities of the WHO, including the WHO Global Ethics Calendar.

NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web: Excellent source for documents, current events, and regulatory info.

The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University: Excellent source for bioethics bibliographies and other web resources.

The National Bioethics Advisory Commission: Though defunct, you can still access online reports on human cloning, stem cell research, international research ethics, and more.

AMA Virtual Ethics Mentor: Informational cite of the American Medical Association on medical ethics issues and education.

No Free Lunch: Informational cite about the effects that gifts and incentives from the pharmaceutical industry have on the utilization behaviors of health professionals.

The Human Genome Project: Wide range of information and teaching aids related to genetics and the HGP.

The Visual Embryo: An interactive page that takes you through 23 stages of embryo development.

MSNBC Breaking Bioethics News: Timely news stories relevant to bioethics.

CNN Ethics Matters: Informative news articles about bioethics issues by Jeffry Kahn.

Research Tools

The Philosopher's Index: Search for philosophy articles published since 1940.

National Library of Medicine: Medline and other medical databases.

Web of Science: Search for articles and citations in the humanities and social sciences.

LEXIS-NEXIS: Search for court cases and legal decisions.

Journals

American Journal of Bioethics: Full text of past issues here.

Annals of Internal Medicine

British Medical Journal

Ethics (Full text available!)

JAMA

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

New England Journal of Medicine

Science Magazine