Ethical

Some sites dealing with ethical and moral aspects of health care.

 BMJ - Collected Resources

All articles published in the British Medical Journal on Ethics since January 1998.

 House of Commons

A keyword search facility enables you to read what has been debated in the house of commons (and Lords). See what our MPs are saying about health related issues.

 Christian Medical Fellowship - Ethics page

A number of articles about various medical ethical issues (euthanasia, abortion, cloning, torture, genetics, surrogacy, etc) from the Christian Medical Fellowship.

 Ethics for Schools

A collection of articles written by Christian doctors which have been reproduced especially for those studying religious studies, philosophy or ethics.

 CARE

Christian Action Research and Education. Among other things has articles and information on Christian, moral and ethical aspects of health related topics.

 Christian Institute (The)

Among other things has articles and information on Christian, moral and ethical aspects of health related topics.

 UK Clinical Ethics Network

Provides information and support to both developing and existing clinical ethics committees within the health service. Website includes information on the ethical issues that commonly present to committees and up-to-date details of national and local policies and guidelines.

 Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy

A UK based academic organisation providing information on the issue of Ethics within medicine, technology, science and more.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.