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Medical Ethicist Page

Medical ethics is a field of applied ethics, the study of moral values and judgments, as they apply to practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology, and sociology.


Medical Ethicists at work

 http://www.surgery.wisc.edu/research (photo credit)

 

The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research from International Society for Stem Cell Research


Report of the American Association for the Advancement of Science  (Read the Findings and Recommendations at the beginning of this document and use the rest for research as necessary)


Argument against embryonic stem cell research from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life


Science Magazine Article arguing for embryonic stem cell research


Washington Post article on NIH limitation of funding