- Bioethics.com
- This
site is also a global information source on bioethics news and
issues from around the world. This site would greatly enhance
the teacher's ability to instruct his/her students about issues
involved in Religious and Family Life Education. This
site has the latest information on a variety of bioethic topics.
-- Charles LeBlanc
- Bioethics.net
- This
website is similar to an online magazine that deals with many
important and relevant bioethical issues that exist in the world
today. While it is not based exclusively on Catholic ethics
there are many headings that Catholic educators may find beneficial
and insightful. Although the articles and links found on this
site are primarily American, the issues discussed are those
that affect the entire world. The rapid pace of technological
advancement is a good indication of how important it is for
educators to have as many resources as possible to shed some
light on issues that will inevitably come up in some shape or
form in our classrooms. -- N. Pietrangelo
- Canadian
Catholic Bioethics Institute
- This
web site contains the goals and rationale of The Canadian Catholic
Bioethics Institute, its history, information on the director
and the members who comprise the advisory board, and information
on upcoming events. Currently this site provides a Media Watch
for any news items and press releases related to bioethics,
as well as a Links option, which connects to many relevant associations
and institutes. When fully completed, this site will also contain
a list of relevant publications, documents, and presentations,
This web site would be very beneficial to Catholic educators
who are interested in bioethics from a Catholic perspective,
for personal spiritual and/or professional development. As stated
in the goals of the institute the number and complexity of ethical
issues that are proliferating in medicine and the life sciences
demand a concerted and well-deliberated response from the Catholic
community. This site would also be useful for educators responsible
for courses and/or units, which address social justice issues,
such as bioethics, religious education and biology courses.
Furthermore, given that developments in biotechnology are progressing
at an exponential rate, students are more likely than ever to
inquire and seek clarification on these developments. Catholic
teachers should be prepared to offer a Catholic perspective.
-- J. Babic
- Catholic
Response to AIDS
- The
Catholic responses to AIDs are summarized in this special edition
of the Catholic Register written in the summer of 2006
- Centre
for Bioethics and Human Dignity
-
This site was useful when researching the pro-life opinions
of the medical profession regarding issues such as bioethics
and human cloning. The centre, according to the site, was founded
by a group of leading Christian bioethicists gathered to, “…assess
the noticeable lack of explicit Christian engagement in the
crucial bioethics arena.” Many articles, discussions and
responses are posted on the site related to current research
and responses surrounding such important and controversial issues
as: bioethics, cloning, death and dying, genetics, reproductive
ethics and stem cell research. This site can be useful to teachers
because it would encourage students in a constructive format,
to read about from a Catholic or Christian perspective, topics
which are currently being dissected in the media. Much of the
information offered on this site is geared toward the Intermediate/Senior
level student. It is important to offer a Catholic perspective
to the students and encourage them to understand that they are
living a faith that demands, from a medical perspective, ethical
and moral consideration of every human being.--Jamie Travis
- Christian
Aid: HIV/AIDS
- This
site gives information about poverty, the christian churches,
signs of hope, what Christian Aid is doing, health care and
support, education, etc. It includes statistics on people living
with HIV/AIDS around the world. There is also a video available
for viewing. This site could be used to help students research
about HIV/AIDS.
- Just
the Facts
-
This website depicts the amazing facts of life that occur in
the womb before birth. It would be appropriate for the primary
and junior divisions and could be an addition to the Family
Life program. The website stresses that life begins at conception,
and that every single human life is precious and deserves dignity
and respect. For teachers, you can order posters and leaflets,
and postcards with the website so that students can access it.
Viewers are able to see actual footage of the unborn child moving
and growing in the womb from day 1 to 9 months, they can hear
the heartbeat, and understand that the fetus is a real life
inside the womb.--Kirsten Falckh
- League
for Life in Manitoba:
- The
educational arm of the pro-life movement in Manitoba. It is
a website upholding and promoting in a moral and ethical manner
the respect that all human life deserves.--Daniel McNamara
- National
Catholic Bioethics Institute
-
- MedlinePlus:
End of Life Issues
- Secular
Site. This website is particularly helpful for anyone seeking
information of death and dying. This website deals with
information from death, dying and bereavment processes. It also
deals with specific issues such as: how to discuss this with
children, interacting with terminally ill people and guide to
the dying person. There are also other weblinks to other resources
such as financial counsilors, community directories and organizations
such as support groups.--Sonia Zarpellon
- Teaching
of the magisterium on abortion
-
This website is dedicated to calarify the importance of how
we should show our respect to human life, and that is by
integrating the fifth commandment (you shall not kill) and who
ever kills shall be liable to judgement.This is a great resource
for Catholic educators when it comes to explaining the
concept of the fifth commnadment as well as the concept of the
magisterium on abortion to their students. The links on the
website, explain how human life is sacred because it involves
the creative action of God . Furthermore, the website explains
what the catechism of the Catholic church says about life, abortion,
and euthanasia.-- Tamara Farage
- Physicians
For Life
- I
believe this is a useful website, first of all, because it contains
Canadian content. This is important because I often find while
searching for information in the Internet, that the websites
relevant but not Canadian, and therefore I can identify but
not as well as if what I was reading was relaying a Canadian
perspective. The topics which this website best supports are
that of Euthanasia, Abortion, Cloning and Bioethics and Compassionate
Palliative Care. This site would be best suited for Intermediate/Senior
students to better help them understand the pro-life views of
many professionals in the medical and science world.--Jamie
Travis
- Questia:
Bioethics
- This
site is a global information site on bioethics and also contains
a host of related resources that teachers will find easy to
navigate. This site is searchable by word, phrase, title,author
or subject. The site contains hundreds of books, magazines,
and articles.
- Right
to Life Association
- This
website is very useful for teachers of all divisions, but in
particular the junior and intermediate divisions. The site offers
Educational programs for teachers, resources and current research
being done, community events, and offers links to information
on prenatal development. Teachers can request speakers to come
and give presentations at schools and events. The site claims
that the organization is a "Voice for the Voiceless",
and advocates for the rights of the unborn and the elderly and
sick.--Kirsten Falckh
- NIH
Stem Cell information Home Page
- This
is the official website of the National Institutes of Health
in Bethesda Maryland. The website provides an excellent summary
of of definitions, terms and procedures commonly used in stem
cell research. It discusses the possible research applications
of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. It would be a
good resource for someone wanting to have an informed discussion
of the bioethics of stem cell research. It DOES NOT however
necessarily reflect the Catholic stance on Stem Cell research.
- Wired
News: Gov. Bush Eschews Stem Cells
- This
website is a summary of medical innovationsthat have been covered
in Wired magazine. There is an excellent article entitled "How
to Farm Stem Cells Without Losing your Soul." The article
discusses Dr. William Hurlbut, a devout Christian and physician
and his attempt to develop an ethically sound way of harvesting stem
cell. He makes use of naturally occuring terratoma, to
develop altered embryos that lack the potential for life. These
may be used in stem cell research, possibly without countervening
the church's teaching on the sanctity of life at conception.
- Stem
Cell Network
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