Penn Center for Bioethics

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This site challenges you to answer the question: should genetically engineered food crops be specially labelled for consumers and why?

This site focuses on the particular controversies surrounding 2 human research studies at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, WA. News stories and background info on two cancer studies (concerning biomedical ethics) are examined.

NBAC is a governmental organization devoted to bioethics; they provide reports and recommendations on bioethical issues. Go to /links.html for other bioethics sites.

This site features great resources and also provides quality links. Another interesting featureL you can fill out a search request to receive information on a particularr research topic.

This is a great site for finding resources on bioethics, in a variety of different areas. In addition to having a search feature, it also provides useful information about the many organizations affiliated with bioethics.

Although the site is limited to the Human Genome Project, it offers a variety of ethical, legal, and social issues: gene testing, gene therapy, privacy, patenting, forensics, etc.

Look at the sidebar for topics: Bioethics links, Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (good links from this site), Bioethics Library, Publications, etc. This is a good source for publications and links to documents and other relevant sites.

This site has up-to-date bioethics news, special features (like an examination of bioethical issues that arise in each episode of NBC's "ER"), and journal articles. The search feature is OK; you can enter your email (very simply to get sent updates on bioethics in the news. There are also links to other journals, some with full-text articles available to download.

This site includes sections on Bioethics and today's news, more in-depth series on such topics as medical privacy (Complete with federal and state legislation and proposed bills) and international research ethics issues. There are also useful research papers and articles, as well as good links.

Although this site is not very specific, it is a good resources for locating materials on ethical and legal issues affecting health in the United States.

This site features lots of resources for genetics and diesease information. There is also a glossary of genetic terms, Human Genome Project info, a medical literature search feature, and a look at public health perspectives.

The site features the PBS TV special, a series of segments on different aspects of the Human Genome Project.

The site has a good search function and is replete with Science articles on a variety of topics.

Explains the meaning of ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) and gives information about the ELSI program at the NHGRI. Some info is included on policy, public affairs and legislation.

For relevant info for this class, check under Law, Science and Technology, and Ethics and Philosophy. Go to /links/ for other sites.

The SCBE is an interdisciplinary organization "addressing the complex ethical, social and legal issues in biomedicine." Links describe interesting research projects that are underway, although the publications link was under construction as of June 25, There are good links to resources, but the search function is not particularly useful.

At this site, the resources are very good (articles, links to other websites, documetns, etc.), especially /resources/biomed. It features a variety of ethics areas from which you can select.

"Resource Center" has good links, sorted by topic (i.e. Genetics, Assisted Suicide, etc.). There are also some helpful articles under "publications." You can also get the Center's quarterly publication "Bioethics Examiner," in PDF format.

Here, you will find publications via links to journals and articles

The site includes the Committee's declarations, reports, and other documents in PDF form.

This site presents information on genetics and advances in biotechnology

While the engineering material is not specific to this course, there is good material on research ethics, and the site is well-organized.

Provides a good page of links.

This site, designed for medical students at the U-W, has a good section on Bioethics Topics; it also features mini "mock cases" with discussions on how to act in a given situation.

There is a good links section at this site.

The Hastings Center is "an independent, non-partisan, interdisciplinary research institute that addresses fundamental ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine, and the environment as they affect individuals, communities, and societies."

GeneLetter is an electronic newsletter that informs consumers and professionals about advances in genetics and to encourage debate about emerging medical, ethical, legal and policy dilemmas.

The Danish Council provides advice to the Danish Parliament regarding bioethical issues. In that respect, the site provides an international perspective, but is not student-friendly.

On this site, the "useful links" link is good, providing a connection to many prominent British science, law, and medicine journals, but the majority of the site is not very useful.

This site includes bioethics news updates and a listing of documents concerning international codes, declaration, and ethics guidelines -- however, it only lists the bibliographical information for the texts; there are no actual links to the texts.