Bioethics Briefings

A user needs survey conducted in 2003 by the Centre for Bioscience Special Interest Group on Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students identified a need for bioethics teaching materials. The briefings are intended to help teachers deal with various ethical topics. The briefings are in pdf format and contain a balance of scientific and ethical input, plus case studies and up to date examples of ethics news items.

Briefing 1: Ethics and Bioethics Briefing 2: Genetically Modified Crops Briefing 3: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Briefing 4: Xenotransplantation Briefing 5: Stem Cells Briefing 6: Issues at the End of Life

Other ethics resources and information

See also Bioethics Bytes - a collection of resources to assist in the teaching of bioethics.

We also have a Special Interest Group in Teaching ethics in the biosciences