Biomedical ethics

Sources for Background Information

• The Concise Encyclopedia of the Ethics of New Technologies
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics
• Encyclopedia of Bioethics
• The New Dictionary of Medical Ethics

Searching the Library Catalogue

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Core and Additional Databases

• ATLA Religion Database
• BELIT - Bioethics Literature Database
• ETHXWeb
• GenETHX
• MEDLINE
• Philosopher’s Index
• Pubmed
• Web of Science

Selected Internet Sites

Guidelines and standards - research

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Policies and Guidelines in Ethics
• Quebec - Ethique, integrite scientifique et bonnes pratiques de la recherche
• U.S. - National Institutes of Health, Office of Human Subjects Research
• UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights

Guidelines and standards - clinical

• American Medical Assocation Code of Medical Ethics
• British Medical Association reports, codes of practice and discussion documents
• Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics
• Canadian Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
• World Medical Association International Code of Medical Ethics

Directories of websites, standards, documents and organisations

• Bioethics Resources on the Web
• EthicsWeb - selected Human Research Ethics Norms, Organisations and Resources, plus others
• Intute - BioethicsWeb

Other Resources

• McGill University, Faculty of Medicine - Institutional Review Board
• McGill University - Research Ethics and Safety
• McGill University - Research Compliance
• Ethicshare A research and collaboration website for scholars that also includes a database of searchable research materials.