Useful Links

 

Professional Ethics at Keele
http://www.keele.ac.uk/ethics
Keele’s Centre for Professional Ethics (also known as PEAK – Professional Ethics at Keele) is the largest and most successful provider of postgraduate ethics courses in Europe, with over 200 postgraduate students, nine permanent academic staff, and a portfolio of six distinctive MA / PgDip programmes as well as the UK’s first Professional Doctorate in Medical Ethics.

UK University Research Ethics Committees Forum
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/ethics/training/ukurecforum.html
The UK University Research Ethics Committees Forum is an informal group which provides a forum for those involved in Research Ethics within universities to meet and share experience.

A Blog by Richard Rowson for people interested in ethics in professions and public life
www.richardrowson.org
This site is for people interested in ethics in professions and public life. It aims to help you develop a practical working ethic.

The International Network for Philosophy and Bioethics (INPAB)
http://www.netvibes.com/philosophyandbioethics#Welcome
This Site compiles and collates the journal table of contents for most major bioethics, ethics, political philosophy and general philosophy journals.

Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society
http://www.ccels.cardiff.ac.uk/news/index.html
Led by Cardiff Law School and based at Cardiff University, this virtual centre connects researchers and practitioners in medicine, science, information technology, the social sciences and humanities.

Ethics Matters
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp
Dedicated to promoting the thoughtful discussion of difficult moral issues

Global Forum on Bioethics in Research
http://www.gfbronline.com/index.htm
An informal partnership established by a number of organizations with a shared interest in the ethics of conducting research involving human beings in developing countries.

National Reference Centre for Bioethics Literature
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/databases/ETHXWeb/basice.htm
Journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.

The Institutional Review Board - Discussion and News Forum
http://www.irbforum.com/
Promotes the discussion of ethical, regulatory and policy concerns with human subjects research.

Privacy in Research Ethics and Law
http://www.privireal.org/index.php
PRIVIREAL is a EUROPEAN COMMISSION Framework 5 funded project examining the implementation of the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees.

Applied Ethics Resources on WWW...
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources/research/

Philosophy and Bioethics
http://philosophyandbioethics.blogspot.com/index.html This is the Blog of the International Network for Philosophy and Bioethics and aims to provide a focus point to discuss both philosophy, bioethics and their inter-relation.

British Pregnancy Advisory Service
http://www.bpas.org/bpasknowledge.php?page=44 BPAS is at the forefront of innovation in abortion in the UK. Its research programme is monitored by the Research and Ethics Committee.