Bioethics

Read through the public health areas where WHO is involved in providing leadership and guidance on the ethical issues involved.

Hosts a program of research, consultation, support and teaching through the work of faculty investigators from the IU School of Medicine, IUPUI, the Fairbanks School of Public Health, and the McKinney School of Law.

UNESCO – as the lead UN agency in bioethics - has been promoting universal bioethical norms and principles, and assisted countries in the translation of those principles to concrete policy outcomes for their citizens.

The WMA provides a forum for its member associations to communicate freely, to co-operate actively, to achieve consensus on high standards of medical ethics and professional competence, and to promote the professional freedom of physicians worldwide.

Contains: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Program; Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Program Reports; Social and Behavioral Research Branch; Issues in Genetics

Contains: Department of Bioethics; Bioethics Consultation Service; Bioethics Information and Resources; Office of Human Subjects Research; Bioethics Information Resources

Contains: Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and Office of Research Integrity.