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INTUTE
Health and Life Sciences
Internet resources in health and life sciences, including:
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Medicine
- Previously known as ONMI, you can search this section for Law, Jurisprudence and Medical
Ethics and also
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BioResearch, a gateway
covering biomedical research
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International Digest of
Health Legislation
World Health Organisation.
Searchable by country, subject or keyword; browsable by issue.
Also:
Health
Legislation - European Region
Documents, many full text on legislation and patients rights and
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National
Library for Health
New NHS site. Includes guidelines database and excellent links,
including:
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UK Parliament
See:
House of Commons Select Committee on Health. Click on
Publications for full text evidence submitted to the Committee.
See also: the
House of Lords Select Committee on Assisted Dying for the Terminally
ill Bill and Publications and Archives for information on
Assisted Suicide and the legal ramifications
Related Sites:
HMSO Legislation page for all UK Legislation & Statutory
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Department of Health,
Social Services and Public Safety
Northern Ireland Department, with
links to all the Health Boards and the 19 individual Trusts. Click
on Health and Social Services to get specific information on such
areas as Human Organs and Tissues |
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Europa
Gateway
to European Information. In the Activities Section, click on Public
Health for excellent information on legislation and cases
in the area of medicine, health and social care in the EU. |
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Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman
England Scotland and Wales only. See
under Publications for full text reports of investigations by the
Ombudsman into perceived failings within the Health Service |
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World Medical Association
An organisation representing physicians,
established in 1947. The site includes statements of policy on a
large number of medical issues, and an International Code of Ethics |
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British
Medical Association
See Policy and Politics for information on BMA Activities at
Westminster and its input into Bills etc. See also:
Consent and Capacity and the
Ethics section. |
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General
Medical Council
See Ethical Guidance, and also
Problem Doctors section where you can search PCC decisions. |
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Royal College of Obstetricians &
Gynaecologists
Information on law and ethics in
relation to reproduction |
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Care and Health Law
Belinda Schwehr's excellent
collection of social care & health legislation, cases and guidance. |
European
Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database contains full text
access to human rights case judgments from 1960- Useful for recent
cases in the area of human rights and medical care |
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BioNews
A weekly digest of news in
assisted reproduction and human genetics, Click on Commentaries for information on
legal issues and concepts. |
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Centre of
Medical Law & Ethics
King's College London. This
includes a newsletter called Dispatches,
which offers a window into
the world of medical law and ethics through a mix of topical
articles, law notes, book reviews and events listings |
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National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
A comprehensive site, including
Bioethicsline (National Library of Medicine index to citations in
bioethics literature)
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Dignity in Dying
A campaigning site, with extensive
material on legal and other aspects of euthanasia with a world wide
focus |
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Mental
Health Review Tribunal
Provides information for patients and family members, healthcare and
social care professionals, and legal representatives |
