Branch of philosophy that deals with the distinction between right and wrong, with the moral consequences of human actions; Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th edition, William & Wilkins, 1995, includes bioethics: the systematic study of the moral dimensions --including moral vision, decisions, conduct, and policies-- of the life sciences and health care, employing a vartiety of ethical methodologies in an interdisciplinary setting. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Warren T. Reich, editor in-chief. - revised edition. New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995. Internet Guides
	Applied Ethics Resources on the WWW guides to resources in business, health care, science & technology, animal welfare, environmental, media, research and international ethics Bioethics Ability.org Biomedical & Health Care Ethics Resources on WWW Chris MacDonald, Center for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia Ethics in Biomedicine Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Genetics and Ethics compiled by Bryn Williams-Jones, M.A. , University of British Columbia MedWeb: Bioethics Emory University Health Center Library Yahoo:Science:Biology:Biomedical Ethics
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Internet Sites
	Bioethics Online Service Medical College of Wisconsin: "consists of abstracts of journal articles and other sources from the bioethics literature" Bioethics.Net Center for Ethics, University of Pennsylvania Codes of Ethics Online: Health Care llinois Institute of Technology Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) of the Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project Ethics and Genetics: a Global Conversation Center of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Euthanasia World Directory, compiled by Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct (2002) Board on Health Sciences Policy (HSP), Division of Health Sciences Policy (HSP), Institute of Medicine (IOM): this report examines integrity in the research environment and the lack of established measures to assess integrity. Responsible Research: A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants (2002) Institute of Medicine (IOM) report recommending a national strategy to ensure protection of human participants in research, chaired by Danile Federman, MD, Harvard Medical School The Living Wills Registry (Canada) stablished by Dr. David Williams (a Stratford physician), and his wife Maureen in 1992 to assist people in directing their own medical treatment in the event of incapacitating illnesses or injuries
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Organizations, Associations, and Agencies
	American College of Physicians Ethics Manual fourth edition: Annal of Internal Medicine 1998;128:576-594. American Philosophical Association American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Canadian Bioethics Society Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Codes of Ethics Online Project, Illinois Institute of Technology DePaul University Institute for Business and Professional Ethics Library & Information Services Gateway : Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) Archives Hosted by the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at Georgetown University, the archives preserves the publications and meeting transcripts of the Center, which existed from 1996 to October 2001. National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics Kennedy Institute of Ethics The Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
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Consumer Health Information
	Patient Issues Medlineplus National Library of Medicine: includes confidentiality, freedom of choice, and patient rights information
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