Community Tools: Useful Links

 

Associations

• Canadian Bioethics Society
• Canadian Medical Association Policy Summary: Code of Ethics of the Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Nurses Association, Nursing Ethics
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ethics Centre
• University of Washington School of Medicine "Ethics in Medicine: Bioethics Topics"
• Women's Bioethics Project
• Colegio de Bioetica (Academy of Bioethics)

 

Education

• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Bioethics Education Project
• The Ethics Objective Structured Clinicial Examinations (OSCE)
• Pathways School of Philosophy
• PhiloSophos Knowledge Base
• The Provincial Health Ethics Network (Alberta, Canada), Distance Education Course
• Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), "Bioethics for Clinicians" Series
• College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Ethics in Family Medicine
• Centre on Values & Ethics (COVE), Carleton University

 

End-of-Life

• Death and Dying, Media Resources

 

Ethics Committees

• University of Buffalo Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care on-line manual, "Ethics Committee Core Curriculum: An Orientation Manual for Ethics Committee Members" . See especially "Definition of terms" and "Ethics Committees: Functions and Models" .
• University of Washington School of Medicine "Ethics in Medicine" topic: Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultation

 

Ethics Consultation

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities report on "Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation"

 

Ethical Decision Making

• Harvard University's Program in Ethics and the Professions discussion, "What is Practical Ethics?"
• University of British Columbia Centre for Applied Ethics' "A Framework for Ethical Decision Making" by Michael McDonald
• University of Washington School of Medicine Clinical Ethics Methodology
• University of Washington School of Medicine "Ethics in Medicine" Principles of Bioethics , Interdisciplinary Team Issues , and Law and Medical Ethics

 

Global Health

• Global Health Ethics, Georgetown University
• Global Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
• Munk School of Global Affairs
• Sandra Rotman Centre
• McGill Global Health Programs
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Journals

• Canadian Medical Association Journal "Bioethics for Clinicians" series
• Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
• Biomed Central Medical Ethics
• Electronic British Medical Journal article, "Shared ethical principles for everybody in health care: a working draft from the Tavistock Group"
• SciDev.Net

 

Legislation

• Ontario statutes and regulations, e-Laws

 

Research

• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Research
• University of Toronto Research
• U of T Research: Research Funding Opportunities

 

Research Ethics

• Tri Council Policy Statement Tutorial: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
• Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal