Bioethics

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Good Doctor Puts Past Medical Practices Under An Ethical Microscope

Dr. Barron Lerner is a doctor and the son of a doctor. He grew up thinking his father was a wonderful, gifted and caring physician, which he was. But after Lerner started studying bioethics, he began questioning some of his father's practices — practices which were typical of many doctors in the '60s.

There were times when his father would conceal information from his patient if he thought that was in the patient's best interest; there were times he didn't reveal that a patient's cancer was terminal; there were times, in the era before do-not-resuscitate orders, that his father would make that decision for a patient without consulting the family.…

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 Good Doctor Puts Past Medical Practices Under An Ethical Microscope

Dr. Barron Lerner is a doctor and the son of a doctor. He grew up thinking his father was a wonderful, gifted and caring physician, which he was. But after Lerner started studying bioethics, he began questioning some of his father's practices — practices which were typical of many doctors in the '60s.

BioEdge

BioEdge is a weekly newsletter about cutting-edge bioethical issues. Based in the Southern Hemisphere but speaking to the world, BioEdge is completely independent. It is designed and maintained by volunteers and financed by supporters and contributors. It is published by New Media Foundation, which also publishes MercatorNet, a website promoting human dignity, and Family Edge, a newsletter about family issues.

Bioethics International

Our team of bioethicists and analysts are dedicated to advancing patient and global health, by ensuring pharma innovates responsibly and puts patients first.

Bioethics Research Library

The Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University is a destination library for bioethics scholars worldwide and a remarkable historical study space for the Georgetown community.

Bioethics.com

Bioethics.com is a public service provided by The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity in collaboration with many individuals and organizations to improve the discussion of issues in bioethics that span the spectrum of medicine, science, and technology.

Bioethics.net

The bioethics.net website is currently maintained by the editorial staff of The American Journal of Bioethics. In service to anyone interested in bioethics, the website publishes information on the latest journal publications, events, job opportunities and current news. The site now includes original blog authorship by world-renowned bioethicsts, as well as being a one-stop-shop for popular syndicated bioethics blogs.

EthicsWeb.ca

Healthcare ethics on the web.

Genethics

A clearing house for information on the social, ethical and policy issues associated with genetic and genomic knowledge and technology.

Hastings Bioethics Forum

Diverse commentary on issues in bioethics.

Impact Ethics

Making a Difference in Bioethics.

Not Dead Yet

Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination.

Scattergood Ethics

The Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare is dedicated to applied research and scholarship in all areas of behavioral healthcare ethics. Housed at the University of Pennsylvania, the ScattergoodEthics Program is a regional and national effort that welcomes all those active in the field of behavioral healthcare. Read more

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Bioethics is a rather young academic inter-disciplinary field that has emerged rapidly as a particular moral enterprise against the background of the revival of applied ethics in the second half of the twentieth century. The notion of bioethics is commonly understood as a generic term for three main sub-disciplines: medical ethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics.

Debate.org

Debate.org is a free online community and social networking site dedicated to people who like to debate online and read the opinions of others.

HuffPost

Extensive resource for medical ethics.

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