Medical ethics and M Guide - Resources and Review

Committed to standards, ethics, excellence in medical education and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and the patients it serves. Information about the AMA, its membership and constituency groups, publications and specialist resources for physicians and those interested in health and fitness.
 
The Center maintains the Genome Sequence Database (GSDB). It is one of four international centres providing central organisation and analysis of genetic information from researchers worldwide, including the Human Genome Project, the effort to map and sequence the complete human genetic structure. Also includes information on the ethics of human genetics.
 
National pharmacy publication that educates pharmacists about drugs and their clinical applications, the current status of drug therapy in specific disease states, the skills and techniques necessary to counsel patients to achieve optimal outcomes, the legal and ethical aspects of contemporary pharmacy practice, and the principles and techniques required to practice pharmacy effectively. Full text and includes back issues from September 1996 and a search facility.
 
Set of links to journals relevant to medical ethics, education and assessment. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
 
Resources on business ethics, biomedical ethics, computer and information ethics, media ethics, professional ethics, science and technology ethics.
 
The Medical Journal of Australia aims to be the premier forum for information and commentary on clinical medicine and health care in Australia. It publishes original clinical research, reviews and educational articles, together with commentary and informed debate on standards of clinical practice, and on social, ethical, legal and other issues related to health care.
 
Bioethics provides a forum for articles on the ethical questions raised by current issues such as abortion, euthanasia, AIDS, in vitro fertilisation, genetic engineering, and experimentation on embryos. These questions are considered on the basis of concrete ethical, legal, and policy problems, or in terms of the fundamental concepts, principles, and theories used in discussions of such problems.
 
Journal established to promote the study of Buddhist ethics through the publication of research articles, discussions and critical notes (subject to blind peer review), bulletins, and reviews. The Journal interprets 'ethics' in a broad sense as including subject matter in ten areas: Vinaya and Jurisprudence, Medical Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, Human Rights, Ethics and Psychology, Ecology and the Environment, Social and Political Philosophy, Cross
cultural Ethics, Ethics and Anthropology, and Interfaith Dialogue on Ethics.
 
Directory of euthanasia related resources, including news, legal information, frequently asked questions, and organisations.
 
The Ethics Institute exists to foster the study of applied and professional ethics, with a commitment to the objectivity and rationality of moral values. This perspective adds a distinctive dimension to teaching and research in areas such as medical and business ethics.
 
Official information from the body created by President George W Bush in 2001 to advise on ethical issues related to advances in biomedical science and technology. Features transcripts of Council meetings, staff working papers, and a full report on human cloning published in July 2002.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to law, jurisprudence and medical ethics.
 
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