Institute For Ethics

Resources

BioEthics Resources at the University of New Mexico

UNM Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics
located at 917 Vassar, NE, MSC11 6095
(505) 272-4566 or (202) 272-4569 FAX

UNM Health Sciences Center Human Research Review Committee

Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Research, UNM Main Campus

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(IACUC)




BIOETHICS RESOURCES ON THE WEB:

  • Academic Bioethics Centers:

The Hastings Center
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago

  • Advanced Directive:

Life Planning in New Mexico
(Also available in Albuquerque Libraries, and at the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center check availability )

  • Bioethics Commissions and Government/Organizational Links:

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE)
Bioethics Resources on the Web, maintained by NIH
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee (NHRPAC)
Office of Human Subjects Research, National Institutes of Health
Office for Human Research Protections, Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services
American Medical Association Ethics Resource Center
American Medical Association Institute for Ethics

  • Bioethics Guidelines/Reports:

The Belmont Report
The Common Rule (45-CFR-46 - Protection of Human Subjects)
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects at NIH
The Nuremberg Code (on permissible medical experiments)
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki

  • Bioethics Literature Search Tools:

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature

  • Ethics Education:

NIH online training for Human Research




Information and links are deemed reliable but are not directly associated with the University of New Mexico Institute for Ethics.
 
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