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Subject Guides
Medical Ethics
Where to Start:
If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:
| Encyclopedia of applied ethics | REF BJ63 .E44 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of bioethics | REF QH332 .E52 1978 |
Books:
Use the Library Catalogue to search for books held in the Library.
| Biomedical ethics | R724 .B49 2001 |
| Complementary medicine: ethics and law | KN/185.13/.K1 WEI/2000 |
| Cross-cultural perspectives in medical ethics | R725.5 .C76 2000 |
| Ethical issues in modern medicine | R724 .E788 1995 |
| Health care ethics: principles and problems | R724 .G37 2000 |
| Principles of biomedical ethics | R724 .B42 2001 |
| The principles of medical ethics: with annotations especially applicable to psychiatry | R723 .P74 2001 |
Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:
- BJ63 - Ethics - encyclopedias
- R724 - Medical ethics
- QH332 - Bioethics
Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):
Electronic resources including journal databases provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports. Access electronic resources (including journal databases) from the Library's Electronic Resources page.
| Ebsco | Provides access to full text journal articles in a variety of subject areas, including Clinical Health |
| Academic OneFile | Multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images |
| PubMed | Provides access to over 11 million citations from Medline and additional life science journals |
| Wiley | Has particular strength in medical and related disciplines |
Journals:
Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:
| Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics ( 1998 - ) | Available on Academic OneFile online database |
| Journal of medical ethics ( 1999- ) | Available on Academic OneFile online database |
| Professional ethics (1992 - ) | SER BJ1725 .P75 |
Web Resources:
You can try searching the Internet for more resources.
| Bioethic.net | American Journal of Bioethics site |
| Centre for the Study of Bioethics | Search Bioethics Transcripts from the Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Karolinska Institute - Sweden | Links relating to Ethics in Biomedicine |
| NHMRC Ethical issues | Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) is a principal committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) established under the NHMRC Act 1992. The Act sets out AHEC's functions, which are to advise NHMRC on ethical issues relating to health and developing guidelines |
| US National Institutes of Health Bioethics resources on the web | This website contains a broad collage of annotated web links, which provide background information and various positions on issues in bioethics |