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Internet
- Bioethics-Today
UK bioethics resource featuring relevant news items, conference listings and a research register. - Bioethics for Clinicians
Originally published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, these short articles are intended to help clinicians integrate bioethical considerations into daily practice. - BioethicsWeb
UK gateway to bioethics web resources. - BioNews -
A web- and email-based source of news, information and comment on human genetics and assisted reproduction - BMA - Medical Ethics Committee
Provides reports, codes of practice and discussion documents on topical and often controversial issues. - Clinical Ethics Forum
A discussion forum for ethical issues. - FIGO – the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
The only organisation that brings together professional societies of obstetricians and gynecologists on a global basis. - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Independent body established in 1991 to consider the ethical issues arising from developments in medicine and biology. - UK Clinical Ethics Network
Provides information and support to both developing and existing clinical ethics committees within the UK health service. - Science Media Centre
Press office providing journalists with access to good quality information about science.
Recommended Reading
All titles are available in the RCOG library.
- Campbell, A, Gillett, G, and Jones, G. (editors) Medical Ethics, 3rd edition. Oxford: OUP, 2001
- McCullough, LB, and Chervenak, FA. Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Oxford; New York: OUP, 1994
- Dickenson, DL (editor). Ethical Issues in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Cambridge: CUP, 2002
- Jonsen, AR, Siegler, M, and Winslade, WJ. Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 5th edition. New York; Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 2002