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This Research Guide focuses on sources dealing with often difficult life-and-death decisions for which there are not yet ethical codes or public consensus. Example issues include organ transplants, organ donation, euthanasia, human experimentation and genetic engineering. Also see the Research Guides "abortion," "assisted suicide," "euthanasia," "death and dying," "genetic engineering," and "cloning."

 

 

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  • American Journal of Bioethics  
    This site includes numerous links to news articles and internet sites pertaining to various ethical issues in the medical and biological sciences. It also includes a searchable index of article abstracts from the American Journal of Bioethics.
  • Bioethics Resources on the Web  
    This site is produced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It contains a list of internet resources exploring various positions on issues in bioethics.
  • Credo Reference  
      
    A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Online  
      
    Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles.
  • Human Genome Project Information  
    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devoted 3% to 5% of their annual Human Genome Project (HGP) budgets toward studying the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding availability of genetic information.
  • Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center  
      
    Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
  • The President's Council on Bioethics  
    President George W. Bush established the Council on Bioethics in November 2001, to investigate issues relating to human bioethics. This site includes information about the council, transcripts from the council meetings, reports published by the council, g
 

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