American Medical Association Ethical Force Program
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/the-ethical-force-program.shtml

The AMA's Ethical Force Program "has embraced the challenge of developing health care system-wide performance measures for ethics."

Bioethics Briefing Book
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/BriefingBook/Default.aspx

A Hastings Center resource "contains 36 overviews of issues in bioethics of high public interest..."

BioethicsWeb
http://bioethicsweb.ac.uk/

This directory site offers free access to a searchable catalogue of evaluated Internet sites and resources covering biomedical ethics, developed by the Wellcome Trust Library.

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/

The "world's largest collection related to ethical issues in medicine and biomedical research." Maintained by Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/

A collection of annotated web links to resources that provide background information and various positions on issues in bioethics. Maintained by the National Institutes of Health.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics
http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/home/

The Council contributes to "policy-making and stimulating debate" through multidisciplinary reports on various bioethics issues. The Council is funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation, The Wellcome Trust and the (UK) Medical Research Council.

Nursing Ethics at NursingCenter.Com
http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/NursingCenterEthics.asp#general

A collection of free articles addressing various issues in nursing and clinical ethics, maintained by a corporate publishng house "to help define terms, give you guidance and support, and generate discussion."

United States Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.ethics.va.gov/index.asp

This VA resource includes "IntegratedEthics" [which] offers practical, user-friendly tools to help health care leaders and staff: respond to ethical questions ...

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Stem Cell Resources

Congressional Research Service: Stem Cell Research
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/59923.pdf

A report to Congress, updated 2006, providing an overview of issues related to stem cell research.

Unversity of Miami Ethics Programs Stem Cell Timeline
http://www.miami.edu/ethics/Stemcells/homepage.html

This resource for students, scientists and others tracks key dates and events in the history of the stem cell debate. Special attention is given to policy issues at the national and Florida levels.

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