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BIOETHICS Websites
The Library has 299 websites and
4 results for the descriptor "bioethics".
- 1. Action Bioscience
- Provider:American Institute of Biological Sciences
- Keywords: animal , bioethics , biology , biotechnology , education , genetics , K-12 , kids , life sciences , natural sciences , student , technology , environmental
- Description: This website covers a host of topics in the life sciences. It "...provides articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in science, and bioscience education. In addition, the web site provides educators with original lessons and resources to enhance bioscience teaching." Updated links are provided at the end of each article to guide the reader toward greater learning or involvement in the issue at hand. Some articles are also provided in Spanish translation.
- 2. Hastings Center
- Provider:The Hastings Center
- Keywords: bioethics , biomedical ethics
- Description: The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit bioethics research institute that addresses fundamental ethical issues in health, medicine and the environment. The Center’s research addresses bioethics issues in three broad areas: care and decision making at the end of life, public health priorities, and new and emerging technologies. Research is done by interdisciplinary teams that frame and examine issues that inform professional practice, public conversation, and social policy. Includes a bioethics forum and news items. Abstracts of articles from the Hastings Center Report and the Center's other publications are available, along with occasional free articles from these publications.
- 3. Stem Cells at the National Academies
- Provider:National Academy of Sciences
- Keywords: bioethics , research , stem cell , reports
- Description: "Stem cell research is being pursued in the hope of achieving major medical breakthroughs. Drawing on expert scientists, doctors, bioethicists, and others, the National Academies have examined the potential of stem cell technologies and provided a forum for discussing the ethical implications of stem cell research. Explore this Web site for information on stem cell basics, the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, current activities, related activities, and related reports."
- 4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Provider:United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Keywords: bioethics , biohazard , chemicals , consumer health , current events , federal agencies , government , healthcare , healthcare policy , law , nature , policy , public affairs , public health , toxins , U.S. Government , environmental , news
- Description: This website emphasizes the Environmental Protection Agency's pledge to "protect human health and the environment." The latest EPA news is featured here, but more importantly, the site provides numerous in-depth topic sections: acid rain, asbestos, global warming, hazardous waste, human health, oil spills, etc.. Click at upper right to read the EPA's website in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean. Some topics include links to the text of relevant laws and regulations.
