Empirical Research Resources

These datasets can be used to teach about or conduct empirical research in bioethics and related fields.

Research Resources:  

Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research 

“Ethically Impossible” STD Research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948


Ethically Sound Episodes

The Bioethics Commission has launched a new podcast series entitled Ethically Sound.  

Each podcast is playable direct online from the link(s) below or from SoundCloud, iTunes or the Ethically Sound Playlist on Youtube.  Follow the hashtag #EthicallySound for launch announcements.

Safeguarding Children

Ethics and Ebola

Anticipate and Communicate

Privacy & Progress

Gray Matters

New Directions

Moral Science

Ethically Impossible

Bioethics for Every Generation

Charting a Path Forward

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