Online Resources for Bioethics Research
Andrew T. Dolan
 

* General Resources

* Reproductive Technology

* Abortion

* Euthanasia and Allowing to Die

* Genetics

 General Resources, including web guides, databases, and online journals

BIOETHICSLINE:  searchable database is a great starting point for research. National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at Georgetown University - Resources include links and bibliographies

Midwest Bioethics Center - Bioethics Forum Article List.  Worth reviewing.

A Catalogue of Physician's Oaths
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Bioethics.Net:  Where the world finds bioethics
The New England Journal of Medicine NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Journals of the AMA

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal - 1996-2000Exemplary articles in the field.  Each issue of the Journal has a theme, e.g., feminist perspectives in bioethics. TOC only; subscription required for access to full text articles.

Richard A. McCormick, “Some Neglected Aspects of the Moral Responsibility of Health,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 22 (1978):  31-43.  Posted online for students in Dolan's THE 210:  Medical Moral Theology classes. 

Medical (interdisciplinary) & Family Medicine Journals Medical Ethics, Education and Assessment Journals
Centre for Applied Ethics - Biomedical & Health Care Ethics Resources on WWW - Publications On-Line THEO 303:  Theology & the Biomedical Revolution - various guides useful for writing a bioethics research paper - includes a list of key journals
MedWebPlus--Bioethics MedWebPlus Bioethics Electronic Journals
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine Bioethics Resources
Richard McCormick, "Bioethics:  A Moral Vacuum?" America 1 May 1999 American Journal of Law & Medicine
Library of Bioethics and Medical Humanities Texts and Documents Bioethics and Today's News
Center for Clinical EthicsBioethics, Medical Humanities and Related Resources The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
Buddhism and Medical Ethics:  A Bibliographic Introduction Peter Harvey, Bibliography on Buddhist Ethics
HardinMD E-journal Showcase:  TOC and links to some full-text articles Bioethics Reference Sources

 

Reproductive technology

Internet Resources on Reproductive Technologies.  Good leads on cloning, genetics, and other reproductive technologies.  Links to other areas of biomedical ethics.

Lawrence M. Hinman, Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy:
An Introduction to the Issues
- includes a helpful glossary of the new terminology of parental roles, e.g., gestational mother.
Ron's Angels:  online gamete auction Infertility Update:  A Treatment Glossary 
Traci Watson, "Donors get money. Couples get babies. But hard questions remain," U.S. News & World Report 23 June 1997 Elise Ackerman, "Newfangled Babies, Newfangled Risks," U.S. News & World Report 22 Dec. 1997
Surekha Vajjhala, "When Stork Fever Hits:
A sobering look at the dangers of fertility drugs
,"
U.S. News & World Report 17July 2000
David L. Marcus, "Mothers with another's eggs: As demand for donors accelerates, questions on the price of a child," U.S. News & World Report April 12, 1999
IVF/Ai Costs Lawrence M. Hinman, Ethical Issues in Reproductive Technologies (2/18/99):  an online slideshow presentation

 

Abortion

Doe v. Bolton (1973) U.S. Supreme Court Selected Internet Resources on Abortion
Syllabus of Roe v. Wade (1973)

National Right to Life Committee, Partial Birth Abortion Information

Pamela Schaeffer, "Strange Reversal," National Catholic Reporter 16 Jan. 1998

"Justices Order Study on 'Partial-Birth' Bans," U.S.A. Today 30 June 2000

Abortion Law Homepage - excellent resource

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, "Rethinking Abortion in Terms of Human Interconnectedness," Studies in Prolife Feminism 1.2 (1995) Pamela Schaeffer, "Liberal Activists Oppose Abortion as Part of ‘Seamless’ Package," National Catholic Reporter 21 Jan. 2000
Betsy Wagner, "Who Has Abortions?" U.S. News & World Report 19 Aug. 1996 Ohio Right to Life

Christina Dunigan, Pregnancy Help - Pro-Life Views

Sidney Callahan, "Bad Arguments:  Twenty-Five Years after 'Roe'," Commonweal 30 Jan. 1998

Karma Lekshe Tsomo, "Prolife, Prochoice:  Buddhism and Reproductive Ethics"

Steven Waldman, Elise Ackerman, and Rita Rubin, "Abortions in America: So many have them, so few discuss them," U.S. News & World Report 12 Jan. 1998
J. M. Hoffman, "An Insider's View: What the Cairo Population Conference Really Means," The American Feminist (Fall 1994) Feminist History:  Voices of Our Feminist Foremothers - anti-abortion statements from the founders of feminism, including Susan B. Anthony

LifeLinks:  This page is an information resource for various right-to-life groups.

Academic Dialogue on Applied Ethics - Abortion:  Religious Perspectives

 

Euthanasia/Killing and Allowing to Die

Sidney Callahan, "A Time to Live, A Time To Die, But is it or us to decide which is which?" Sojourners 26.4 (1997) John C. Harvey, "Doctors Must Not Kill" American Journal of Ethics & Medicine (1993)
Eugene Grochowski and Christine K. Cassel, "Care of the Dying Patient: Is Physician-Assisted Suicide an Acceptable Practice?" American Journal of Ethics & Medicine (1993)  
Sidney Callahan, "A Feminist Case Against Self-Determined Dying in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia," Studies in Prolife Feminism 1.4 (1995) Michael Kearl, "Dying American Style: From Moral to Technological Rite of Passage" American Journal of Ethics & Medicine (1993)
John J. Paris, "Hugh Finn's 'Right to Die'," America 31 Oct 1998 Pope John Paul II, On Combating Abortion and Euthanasia (19 May 1991)
some recent articles on euthanasia and end-of-life issues Doctor-Assisted Suicide -- a guide to journal and newspaper articles

 

Genetics resources

Joseph P. Shapiro, "Genetic Testing:  Many Benefits, Many Perils," U.S. News & World Report 3 Jan. 2000 Leslie Roberts, "The Science and Ethics of Creating Life in a Lab," U.S. News & World Report 20 Dec. 1999
Dangers of Genetic Manipulation (29 Oct 1983) Pope John Paul II  address to the members of the World Medical Association. Teresa Malcolm, "Genetic Breakthrough Elicits Ethical Alarm," National Catholic Reporter 14 July 2000
Leslie Roberts, "The Gene Hunters," U.S. News & World Report 3 Jan. 2000 [good review of the Human Genome Project] A Guide to Ethics and Genetics on the World Wide Web
Pamela Schaeffer , "Revolution in Biology Drives Revolution in Theology, Ethics and Law," National Catholic Reporter 15 Oct. 1999 Jennifer Couzin, "Quandaries in the Genes:  As Genetic Testing Expands, So Do Ethical Complications," U.S. News & World Report 1 Nov. 1999
Richard Strohman, "Limitations of the Human Genome Project: Environmental and Polygenetic Perspectives" Pamela Schaeffer, "Designer Babies, Anyone?," National Catholic Reporter 22 Oct. 1999 
Bioethics Resources (Genetics and Ethics) Genethics Literature
Genomic and Genetic Resources on the World Wide Web Genetics and Biotechnology Journals
PubScience Journal Collections Ethics and Genetics - A Global Conversation
National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information - DOE Information Bridge
Human Genome Project Education Resources  

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Very Slightly Updated September 10, 2004