MGH Guides: NS-529 Ethical Issues in Health Care / HP-821 IMPACT 3: Interprof. Ethics: Home

"Bioethics is an activity; it is a shared, reflective examination of ethical issues in health care, health science, and health policy." - MSU Bioethics

Ethical Issues in Health Care

Use this guide to familiarize yourself with the many scholarly resources available from the Bellack Library and beyond that can help you explore the many and varied complex bioethics issues that you may encounter as a health professional. The resources presented here--books, journals, websites, tutorials--will help you with your assignments in NS 529 or HP 821. Librarians are available to assist you if you need help finding information, evaluating sources, using APA correctly, etc.

Bioethics Websites

The Hastings Center
Founded in 1969, The Hastings Center is the world’s first bioethics research institute. It is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of research scholars from multiple disciplines, including philosophy, law, political science, and education.
EthicShare
A comprehensive collection of ethics resources including searchable research materials, group discussions, current news articles, and upcoming events, currently maintained by the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Welch Medical Library as a free service to the community.
NIH Department of Bioethics
The Department of Bioethics is a center for research, training, and service related to bioethical issues. The Department conducts conceptual, empirical, and policy-related research into bioethical issues.
National Center for Ethics in Health Care
The National Center for Ethics in Health Care serves as VA's authoritative resource for addressing the complex ethical issues that arise in patient care, health care management, and research.
UNESCO: Bioethics
Resources on bioethics from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
MSU Bioethics
A regularly updated blog from the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University.
The Nursing Ethics Blog
Written by a nursing professor and a philosopher.
Bioethics.com
Provided by The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) to stay up-to-date with news, issues, and events in bioethics that span the spectrum of medicine, science, and technology. CBHD is a bioethics research center at Trinity International University.

Ethics Resources at the Bellack Library

You can find the books and other materials below at the Bellack Library on the 4th floor of B38.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Call Number: ETHICS HIS IMMORTAL
ISBN: 9781400052172
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics by Raymond J. Devettere
Call Number: ETHICS HEALTHCA PRACTICAL
ISBN: 9781589012516
Publication Date: 2009-12-04
Educating for Moral Action by Ruth B. Purtilo; Gail M. Jensen; Charlotte Brasic Royeen
Call Number: ETHICS REHAB EDUCAT
ISBN: 0803612613
Publication Date: 2005-01-14
Case Studies in Nursing Ethics by Sara T. Fry; Robert M. Veatch; Carol R. Taylor
Call Number: NURS STUD ETHICS CASE
ISBN: 9780763780319
Publication Date: 2010-08-20
Sometimes available as a course reserve.
Concepts and Cases in Nursing Ethics by Michael Yeo
Call Number: NURS STUD ETHICS CONCEPTS
ISBN: 0921149824
Publication Date: 1991-08-01
The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease by Stephen Garrard Post
Call Number: ETHICS DISEASE ALZHEIM
ISBN: 0801864097
Publication Date: 2000-08-23
Miss Evers' Boys [DVD]
Call Number: DVD 13
Publication Date: 1997
Lives worth living : the great fight for disability rights [DVD]
Call Number: DVD 45
Publication Date: 2011
United in Anger: a history of Act Up
Call Number: DVD 1
Publication Date: 2012
Click on title to access streaming video.