Bioethics is a branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care.
Bioethics is a multidisciplinary subject that includes a wide range of issues, from medical professional-patient relations, to end-of-life issues, to issues relating to new medical technologies. The subject area of bioethics can be defined as narrowly or as broadly as the circumstances demand. Many researchers consider “bioethics” to be limited to the moral, social, and ethical implications of human medicine (clinical ethics) and research on human or animal subjects (research ethics). This can include implications of human cloning and genetic manipulation, euthanasia, human studies research in medicine and psychology, and eugenics. Others view “bioethics” in the larger sense, as the moral, social, and ethical implications of any action as it relates to biological species and/or systems, including (but not limited to) human and animal health, the environment, and agriculture. This is sometimes called “life science ethics” or “environmental ethics.”
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Journal |
Clarkson Holdings |
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American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) |
from 01/01/2001 to 18 months ago |
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American Journal of Law & Medicine |
from 03/01/1975 to present |
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Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly |
from 2000 to present in print |
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Bioethics |
from 1987 to present |
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Bioethics Bulletin |
Open access |
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Bioethics |
from 1987 to present |
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BMC Medical Ethics |
from 2000 to present |
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Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society |
from 01/01/1981 to present |
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics |
from 01/01/2001 to 1 year ago |
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Developing World Bioethics |
from 2001 to present |
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Environmental Ethics |
from 1981 to 2010 in print only |
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Ethical Theory and Moral Practice |
from 1998 to present |
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Ethics & Medicine |
from 04/01/2001 to present |
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Ethics and the Environment |
from 06/01/1999 to present |
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Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics |
from 2001 to present |
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Genomics, Society & Policy |
Open access |
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Global Virtue Ethics Review |
From 2000 to present |
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Hastings Center Report |
from 1971 to present |
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Health Ethics Today |
from 1997 to present |
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Health Matrix |
from 03/01/1991 to present |
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Internet Health: Journal on Medical Internet Research , Applications , Communication and Ethics |
Open access |
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Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare, and Ethics |
Open access |
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IRB: Ethics & Human Research |
From 1979 to present |
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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics |
From 1991 to present |
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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science |
from 01/01/1998 to 18 months ago |
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Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics |
Open access |
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Journal of Ethics |
from 1997 to present |
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |
from 03/01/1995 to present |
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Journal of Medical Ethics |
from 1975 to 3 years ago |
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Journal of Medical Humanities |
From 1989 to present |
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Journal of Medicine & Philosophy |
from 02/01/1997 to 1 year ago |
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal |
from 12/01/2002 to 1 year ago |
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Online Journal of Health Ethics |
from 2004 to present |
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Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy |
from 1998 to present |
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Perspectives on Science |
from 03/01/1996 to 1 year ago in |
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Science and Engineering Ethics |
from 03/01/1995 to present |
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Science in Context |
from 06/01/2001 to 1 year ago |
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Science, Technology, & Human Values |
from 1976 to present |
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Social Studies of Science |
from 1971 to present |
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Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics |
from 1997 to present |
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The Latham Letter |
from 1992 to present |
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Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics |
from 05/17/2001 to present |
Searching and Browsing for Books: When searching the online catalog for library materials it is helpful to do a keyword search for your subject. Following are some keywords that will be effective in finding material on bioethics. Using quotes around your keywords will keep them together in the search algorithm.
Try these keywords when searching for information about your topic:
| medical ethics | biomedical ethics | medical laws and legislation |
| human experimentation | clinical ethics | nursing ethics |
| cloning | euthanasia | right to die |
| transplantation organs | health care ethics | terminal care |
| bioethics | informed consent | applied ethics |
| assisted suicide | medical ethics |
Searching “subject headings” is better than key word searching, to get results that are sure to be about a particular subject. The subject headings are assigned to every book when it is cataloged, and describe, using a controlled set of terms, what the book is about. Below are some major subject headings relevant to bioethics:
| Agriculture — Moral and ethical aspects | Ethics, evolutionary | ||
| Animal rights | Laboratory animals — Moral and Ethical aspects | ||
| Animal welfare | Medical ethics | ||
| Bioethics | Resarch — Moral and ethical aspects | ||
| Biology — Social aspects | Science — Moral and ethical aspects | ||
| Environmental ethics | Science — social aspects |
Mesh Terms: Heath Care Ethics / Ethics, Health Care / Biomedical Ethics / Ethics, Biomedical
Clarkson University Libraries has hundreds of print and e-book titles in the field of biomedical ethics. This is a select list. Explore the library catalog for more.
In print at the Libraries:
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998) 10 vols.
- Beacham’s Guide to Environmental Issues & Sources (1993) 5 vols.
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1978) 4 vols
- Medical Law and Ethics (2012)
