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Medical
 Websites presented in alphabetical order A&A Publishers: Hard Choices for Loving People 
 This site features the full text of the book "Hard Choices for Loving People." Written by a nursing home and hospice chaplain, the book discusses the difficult decisions patients and caregivers face when dealing with terminal illness and the end of life. Covers cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dialysis, feeding, use of respirators, pain relief, and hospice care, with the intent of helping people make informed choices. Also includes excerpts from a related book. http://www.hardchoices.com/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Ethics, Long-term Care, Medical Treatments & Devices, Senior Health Last updated Jun 15, 2007 AMA Code of Medical Ethics
Ethics code of the American Medical Association (AMA), with related updates and opinions. The code, which can be read online or downloaded to PDAs, covers social policy issues (such as abortion, capital punishment, cloning, and end-of-life care), patient-physician relationships, confidentiality, and other ethical issues. "CEJA Reports" includes papers on topics such as medical testimony and organ donation. Also find a history of the AMA principles of medical ethics. From the American Medical Association. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics.shtml Topics: Ethics Last updated Oct 7, 2009 BioethicsWeb
This site 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." Features lists of annotated links. Searchable or browsable by category. From the Wellcome Trust, a British independent charity "funding research to improve human and animal health." http://www.intute.ac.uk/bioethicsweb/ Topics: Ethics, Health, Health, Law Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Euthanasia and the Right to Die
Legal, medical, and ethical issues involved in palliative care, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/dtheuth.html Topics: Death & Dying, Ethics, Social Issues Last updated Aug 19, 2004 Office of Research Integrity (ORI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Website for this federal government office in charge of ethics in "biomedical and behavioral research supported by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) worldwide." Find reports, research, regulations on handling misconduct, conference listings, and other material about biomedical ethics topics. Also includes a news feed, listservs, and links to related government offices and associations. http://ori.dhhs.gov/ Topics: Ethics Last updated Jul 9, 2008 Virtual Mentor: American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
Articles from this American Medical Association (AMA) publication cover issues related to medical ethics that "students, residents and other physicians are likely to confront in their training and daily practice." Topics include "access to care, quality-of-life considerations in clinical decision making, public roles of physicians, ethical issues in endocrinology, [and] conflict of values in the clinic." Archives go back to 1999. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/ Topics: Ethics Last updated Oct 14, 2007 |
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