Ethics

Essential Documents

Agencies

Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Ethics Program
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP)
Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bioethics Resources on the Web.
The President's Council on Bioethics.

Organizations

The ideas and opinions presented by the Associations and groups listed below are not necessarily the ideas and opinions of Nemours. These sites are a sample of the resources concerning the ethics of medicine and research.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Bioethics Section
American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Ethics
American Nurses Association (ANA) The Center for Ethics and Human Rights
American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Office
Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA) and Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIMR)
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University
onlineethics.org. The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at Case Western Reserve University.
World Health Organization. Ethical Standards and Procedures for Research on Human Beings.
World Medical Association. Ethics Unit.

Publications

Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Participants. Current Bibliographies in Medicine 99-3. NLM NIH 1999.
On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research. Committee On Science, Engineering, And Public Policy. National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy Of Engineering, Institute Of Medicine. National Academy Press Washington, D.C. 1995.