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Academic Centers

Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy (http://www.bcm.edu/ethics/index.htm) Exit NIEHS
Case Western University Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (http://www.onlineethics.org/) Exit NIEHS
Duke University-Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy (http://www.law.duke.edu/centersprograms/genome) Exit NIEHS
Duke University-Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities (http://csmeh.mc.duke.edu/) Exit NIEHS
East Carolina University/Brody School of Medicine, Department of Medical Humanities (http://www.ecu.edu/medhum/) Exit NIEHS
Georgetown University-Kennedy Institute of Ethics (http://kennedyinstitute.georgetown.edu/site/index.htm) Exit NIEHS
The Hastings Center (http://thehastingscenter.org) Exit NIEHS
Illinois Institute of Technology-Center for the Study of Ethics and the Professions (http://www.iit.edu/departments/csep/) Exit NIEHS
Indiana University-The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics (http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/) Exit NIEHS
University of Minnesota-Center for Bioethics (http://www.bioethics.umn.edu/) Exit NIEHS
North Carolina State University-Research Ethics Initiative (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/Grad/ethics/) Exit NIEHS
Stanford University-Center for Biomedical Ethics (http://scbe.stanford.edu/) Exit NIEHS
University of California at San Diego--Research Ethics (http://ethics.ucsd.edu/index.html) Exit NIEHS
University of Louisville-Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law (http://www.louisville.edu/medschool/ibhpl/) Exit NIEHS
University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics (http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/) Exit NIEHS
Vanderbilt University-Center for Clinical and Research Ethics(http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=ethics&doc=2163) Exit NIEHS

Animal Research

NRC Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/) Exit NIEHS
Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care(http://www.aaalac.org/) Exit NIEHS

Authorship and Publication

ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals(http://www.icmje.org/) Exit NIEHS

Ethics Codes

American Chemical Society Chemist's Code of Conduct (http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=membership%5Cconduct.html) Exit NIEHS
AMA Code of Medical Ethics (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8600.html) Exit NIEHS
American Physical Society Code of Conduct (http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/02_2.cfm) Exit NIEHS
American Psychological Associations Code of Conduct (http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html) Exit NIEHS
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Code of Ethics (http://www.asbmb.org/asbmb/site.nsf/Sub/CodeofEthics?opendocument) Exit NIEHS
American Society of Microbiology Code of Ethics (http://www.asm.org/general.asp?bid=14777) Exit NIEHS
American Sociological Association Ethics (http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/ethics/ethics) Exit NIEHS
International Society of Environmental Epidemiologists -Ethical Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists. (http://www.iseepi.org/) Exit NIEHS

Human Research

Belmont Report (http://www.nihtraining.com/ohsrsite/guidelines/belmont.html) Exit NIEHS
CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (http://www.cioms.ch/frame_guidelines_nov_2002.htm) Exit NIEHS
Common Rule: 45 CFR 46 Protection of Human Subjects (http://www.nihtraining.com/ohsrsite/guidelines/45cfr46.html) Exit NIEHS
Nuremberg Code (http://www.nihtraining.com/ohsrsite/guidelines/nuremberg.html) Exit NIEHS
World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki(http://www.nihtraining.com/ohsrsite/guidelines/nuremberg.html) Exit NIEHS

Intellectual Property

USPTO General Information Concerning Patents (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html) Exit NIEHS
US Copyright Office Copyright Basics (http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html) Exit NIEHS
Freedom of Information Regulations(http://www.hhs.gov/foia/45cfr5.html) Exit NIEHS

Journals

Accountability in Research (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08989621.asp) Exit NIEHS
AMA Virtual Mentor (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3040.html) Exit NIEHS
American Journal of Bioethics (http://www.bioethics.net/) Exit NIEHS
American Journal of Law and Medicine (http://www.aslme.org/pub/ajlm/index.php?volume=90) Exit NIEHS
Bioethics (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0269-9702&site=1) Exit NIEHS
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (http://titles.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?historylinks=SUBJ&mnemonic=CQH) Exit NIEHS
Hastings Center Report (http://www.thehastingscenter.org/publications/hcr/hcr.asp) Exit NIEHS
Health Care Analysis (http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1065-3058/contents) Exit NIEHS
IRB: Ethics and Human Research (http://www.thehastingscenter.org/publications/irb/irb.asp) Exit NIEHS
Issues in Science and Technology (http://www.issues.org/) Exit NIEHS
JAMA (http://jama.ama-assn.org/) Exit NIEHS
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (http://www.aslme.org/pub/jlme/index.php?volume=346) Exit NIEHS
Journal of Medical Ethics (http://jme.bmjjournals.com/) Exit NIEHS
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (http://www.extenza-eps.com/extenza/contentviewing/viewJournal.do?journalId=33) Exit NIEHS
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/kennedy_institute_of_ethics_journal/) Exit NIEHS
Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy (http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-7423/contents) Exit NIEHS
New Eng J Med (http://content.nejm.org/) Exit NIEHS
Politics and the Life Sciences (http://www.politicsandthelifesciences.org/) Exit NIEHS
Science Magazine (http://www.sciencemag.org/) Exit NIEHS
Science and Engineering Ethics (http://www.opragen.co.uk/SEE/index.php3) Exit NIEHS
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics(http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-7415) Exit NIEHS

Responsible Conduct of Research

NAS On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct of Research (http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/) Exit NIEHS
NAS Responsible Science (vol. 1) (http://www.nap.edu/books/0309047315/html/) Exit NIEHS
NAS Integrity in Scientific Research(http://www.nap.edu/books/0309084792/html/)

Scientific Misconduct

Federal Policy on Research Misconduct (http://www.ostp.gov/html/001207_3.html) Exit NIEHS
ORI Guidelines for Institutions and Whistleblowers(http://ori.dhhs.gov/) Exit NIEHS

Professional Organizations

Alliance for Human Research Protection (http://www.ahrp.org) Exit NIEHS
AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2498.html) Exit NIEHS
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities (http://www.asbh.org/) Exit NIEHS
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (http://www.acrpnet.org/) Exit NIEHS
Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/) Exit NIEHS
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (http://www.primr.org/) Exit NIEHS
Sigma Xi (http://www.sigmaxi.org/index.shtml) Exit NIEHS

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