Criteria to keep in mind when choosing and using soures:
Accuracy - Does the author cite her/his sources and are they legitimate?
Authority - Who wrote the source? Are they credible?
Objectivity - Does the author have a bias, political or commercial or persuasive?
Currency - Is this information new or based on outdated sources? Can you tell how current it is?
Gateways for Bioethics Research
These sites are gateways to reliable resources for bioethics research -- including journal citations, bioethics texts, government publications, legal materials, and consumer health information
Bioethics Information Resources - National Library of Medicine
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature - Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University
ETHX Web/GenETHX Web -National Resources Center for Bioethics Literature - search literature on bioethics, professional ethics, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic research
Bioethics Topics - University of Washington School of Medicine - Overviews, commonly-asked questions, case-based scenarios, and resources on a number of topics
Bioethics Organizations and Centers
FAB: International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
ANIS: Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender (Brazil)
Hastings Center
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
National Institutes of Health - Bioethics Resources On the Web
The President's Council on Bioethics
Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics (South Africa)
Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare
World Health Organization - Ethics and Health
