Finding Basic Clinical Information: Legal and Ethical Issues

Legal and Ethical Issues

• American Medical Association Ethics Resource Center - addresses ethical considerations at the forefront of the medical profession.
• LawGuru.com - hosts the Internet Law Library (formerly housed at the US House Of Representatives Site) and provides access to more than 430 legal search engines and databases, including a feature that allows parallel searching of multiple databases.
• THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet - from the Library of Congress. Find public laws, congressional records, and committee reports.
• Medical Record Privacy - overview of laws and policies regarding medical privacy issues. Provided by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
• The President's Council on Bioethics - includes reports, transcripts, and related readings.