SOME BASIC RESOURCES IN BIOMEDICAL ETHICS

(* indicates that it is found in the Drexel University Libraries)

This is just a guide to help you get started. Do not feel restricted to using only these resources.

Computer Listings of Books, Resources, and Articles

National Library of Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/databases_bioethics.html

American Health Line * (good for health care reform information)

Medline, PubMed & Cinahl * (good sources, but not focused primarily on bioethics)

Online Journals - See library Web Page at http://med.library.drexel.edu/

Various Web sites. You can use those listed on my "links" page to get started: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~cp28/links.htm

American Journal of Bioethics - Current News and articles - http://bioethics.net

Encyclopedias and Reference Texts

A Companion to Ethics

Bibliography of Bioethics *

Bibliography of Sociology, Ethics, & the Life Sciences *

Encyclopedia of Bioethics * (This is an excellent place to get a good overview of the topic you are interested in.)

Encyclopedia of Ethics *

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Medical Ethics: Policies, Protocols, Guidelines, & Policies * (This is updated regularly.)

Major Bioethics Journals

American Journal of Bioethics (Relatively new. It has an on-line search service for bioethics news and articles.)*

Bioethics Literature Review * (Excellent for finding articles)

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics *

Ethics & Behavior *

Hastings Center Report * (Written in lay language.)

Health Affairs * (Good for Healthcare Reform and Related Issues)

HEC Forum (Good for ethical and legal issues for Healthcare Institutions and Ethics Committees)

Journal of Clinical Ethics *

Journal of Law, Medicine, and Philosophy *

Journal of Medical Ethics*

The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (focuses on philosophy of medicine)

Journal of Moral Education *

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal *

Science and Engineering Ethics*

Basic Texts

The Drexel libraries have a large collection of bioethics texts. Some of these texts are collections of classic articles, which provide balanced overviews of issues. Others are one author's analysis of an issue. These single authored texts may be more biased. But they also tend to go into an issue in greater detail. Do a search on the library database and browse the stacks in the library. See what you find. Have fun!