The Catholic Community in Health Care Ethics
- Catholic Resources for Medical Ethics: texts of church documents relevant to health care ethics
- Bioethics Consultancy for Western Canada, sponsored by the Redemptorists.
- The De Paul University Institute of Business and Professional Ethics specializes in business ethics in health care and other settings.
- The L.J.Goody Bioethics Centre of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia.
- The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Jesuit-run Georgetown University, Washington, DC has the world's largest library collection on bioethics. Consult their bibliography of basic resources in bioethics or read online issues of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.
- The Linacre Centre in the United Kingdom.
- The Pope John Center in Braintree, MA, USA is a research and teaching centre on Catholic health care ethics. You can read online issues of their newsletter, News & Notes, and their informative publication, Ethics & Medics.
- The Saint Joseph's College Ethics Centre, Edmonton, AB. Read their newsletter online.
- The Southern Cross Centre in Adelaide, Australia.
- The Jesuits' Woodstock Theological College in Washington, D.C. has started a project on ethical issues in managed health care systems. Read also their document, Ethical Considerations in the Business Aspects of Health Care
The Broader Community in Health Care Ethics
- Alberta Provincial Health Ethics Network
- Canadian Bioethics Society
- Clinical Research Institute of Montreal Centre for Bioethics: A unique feature of the Centre for Bioethics is its establishment in close association with experimental
and clinical research and as an integral part of the Institute.
- Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation Medical Ethics Site: Contains some articles by Dr. John La Puma on bedside clinical ethics and the role of physicians who are also ethics consultants.
- Compassionate Healthcare Network, Surrey, BC: The Compassionate HealthCare Network (CHN) consists of both
professional and lay people who CARE about the crisis medicine and healthcare is experiencing, and
promote 'Aid in Living'.
- Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY: Contains brief reports of current research projects at the Center.
- International Calendar of Upcoming Bioethics Events
- Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto: The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) is a partnership among the University of
Toronto, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick
Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Rehabilitation
Institute of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, and The Toronto Hospital. The JCB
conducts research, delivers education programs, and supports clinical ethics activities in the partner
institutions.
- MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago: Provides links to information on topics in medical ethics from a variety of perspectives.
Publications
Directory of Canadian Ethicists
Note: The information in this directory has been obtained either from institutional sites on the Internet or from individuals, with permission. To add your name and coordinates, please contact Bill Sullivan .
