Guides: Researching Bioethics: Books and Reference Materials

Bioethics Research

Georgetown University's Bioethics Research Library contains a number of valuable resources, including a linked list of international bioethics commissions and committees and a bioethics blog traker.
Founded in 1969, the Hastings Center is a nonprofit bioethics research organization. The center's website contains several resources including the Center's research publications and the Bioethics Forum, which is the Hastings Center's blog.

Reports

The Belmont Report by National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
Publication Date: 1976
Biennial Report of United States National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Call Number: R724 .U535

Publication Date: 1998-1999
Bioethics: Key Concepts & Research by Josephine Johnston & Elizabeth Dietz eds
Publication Date: 2018
Cloning human beings: report and recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Call Number: QH442.2 .U56 1997

Publication Date: 1997
Emerging Bio-Ethics by Bill Drexel, Center for a New American Security
Call Number: JSTOR

Publication Date: 2025
Fostering Integrity in Research by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine;Policy and Global Affairs;Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy;Committee on Responsible Science
Call Number: Ebook

Publication Date: 2017
Gray Matters by Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Publication Date: 2014-2015

Volume 1. Integrative approaches for neuroscience, ethics, and society; Volume 2. Topics at the intersection of neuroscience, ethics, and society
Guidelines on the termination of life-sustaining treatment and the care of the dying: a report by the Hastings Center
Call Number: R726 .G84 1987

Publication Date: 1987
The Hastings Center report
Call Number: P H274

Publication Date: 1992-2019

Also available electronically on JSTOR
Human cloning and human dignity: an ethical inquiry
Call Number: QH442.2 .H873 2002

Publication Date: 2002
Monitoring stem cell research a report of the President's Council on Bioethics
Publication Date: 2004

Electronic resource. Link via library catalog.
Reproduction and responsibility : the regulation of new biotechnologies: a report of the President's Council on Bioethics
Call Number: RG133.5 .P73 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Also available electronically. Link via library catalog.
Returning Individual Research Results to Participants: Guidance for a New Research Paradigm by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine;Health and Medicine Division;Board on Health Sciences Policy;Committee on the Return of Individual-Specific Research Results Generated in Research Laboratories
Call Number: Ebook

Publication Date: 2018

Books

The Brooklyn Law School library has many books on a variety of bioethics topics. Below are just a sampling of some recent titles. To view more, search the library's catalog with "bioethics" as a keyword or subject.