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Definition of Bioethics
"Bioethics is the study of moral issues in the fields of biomedical research and treatment."
The word "bioethics" was coined by the biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001) in 1970. |
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent body established in 1991 by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation. The Council identifies and defines ethical questions raised by recent advances in biomedical research. The Council currently focuses on pharmacogenetics, animals in research, and genetic modified crops. Other topics considered are genetic screening, human tissue, xenotransplantation, stem cell therapy, and the ethical context of human genetics.
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Deutsches Referenzzentrum fuer Ethik in den Biowissenschaften
(German Reference Centre for ethics in the Life Sciences) DRZE
Founded in 1999, the DRZE aims to enable and facilitate the access to bioethical information. The Centre manages the integrated bioethics literature database BELIT and provides support for the Bioethics Communication and Information System BEKIS.
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Bioethics Resources on the Web (National Institutes of Health)
Comprehensive website with a broad spectrum of annotated links to sites focusing on bioethics and biomedical ethics, including education, research ethics, genetics, medicine and healthcare. |
BioethicsWeb
Hub site to evaluated internet resources in Biomedical Ethics. The site is organised into different categories (i.e. biomedicine, countries & regions, organizations and others) and offers free access to a searchable catalogue of internet resources covering biomedical ethics. BioethicsWeb is developed and managed by the Welcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine at the Welcome Trust |
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