Women's and Gender Studies 212:
Feminist Bioethics
Fall 2009 · Professor Charlene Galarneau
Contents:
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Quick Links
| Find background information |
Use these to find background information and citations to relevant texts.
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics, third edition - Clapp
Ref QH 332.E52 2004 or Online
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Online (Feminist Bioethics entry has a great bibiography)
- Feminist Perspectives on Bioethics - Clapp
Ref Z 5322.B5 M33 1996
- Bibliography of Bioethics - Clapp Ref Z 6675.E8 B53 (annual bibliography of writings in bioethics)
- Encyclopedia of Disability
- Handbook of Disability Studies - Clapp Library q HV1568.2 .H36 2001
| Find books |
Use the Wellesley library catalog to find books, videos, and journals (not individual articles).
a few tips:
- use a keyword search to return a broad set of results, or to find resources that reference specific key terms (e.g., health disparities, reproductive health latina)
- use subject headings to identify more books on a specific topic (find them by clicking on the "Full Record" tab in any catalog record) in our catalog and in NExpress or WorldCat
- if our copy is checked out, click on
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- In a hurry? Get a BLC card and borrow the book directly from a nearby library
| Find scholarly journal articles |
Most relevant:
- PubMed - articles in all fields of medicine and biomedicine, with abstracts and links to additional resources from the National Library of Medicine, mid-1960's to present
- Women's Studies International - indexes journal articles and books on women's studies, feminism, and gender studies, 1972 to present
Multidisciplinary databases:
- Academic Search Complete - multi-disciplinary, full text database - inclides scholarly and popular articles
- JSTOR - all topics, up to 3 to 5 years ago
- Project Muse - picks up coverage where JSTOR leaves off
- SocINDEX with Full Text - articles on all aspects of sociology and other social science articles, with full text from 400 core sociology journals
- Web of Science - Interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the social sciences (1956-present) physical & life sciences (1900 to present), and arts & humanities (1975 to present). Search for articles that cite known journal articles or books
Find more databases on the Databases A - Z page
Bioethics journals
If you prefer to browse in journals (print and/or online) to see what's available,
check out these titles:
- American Journal of Bioethics (also see the AJOB Blog)
- Bioethics (Clapp Library QH332 .B517)
- Christian Bioethics
- Developing World Bioethics (Clapp Library QH332 .B52)
- Eubios: Journal of Asian and International Bioethics
- Hastings Center Report (Clapp Library q R724 .H27)
- International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
- Journal of Health and Biomedical Law
- Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (Clapp Library q KF3821.A15 L38)
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Clapp Library R723 .J66)
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal (Clapp Library QH332 .K46)
- Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics Journal
- Science and Engineering Ethics
- Second Opinion (1989-1995)
- Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
Journals with special issues on feminist bioethics:
- American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, vol. 05, no. 2, 2006 (online only)
- Bioethics, vol. 15, no. 3, 2001 (Clapp Library QH332 .B517)
- Hypatia, vol. 4, no. 2, 1989 (Clapp Library HQ1101 .H96)
- Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, vol. 26, no. 4, 2001and vol. 23, no 2, 1998
(Clapp Library R723 .J66) - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, March 1996
| Bioethics research resources, organizations, and centers |
Gateways for Bioethics Research
These sites are gateways to reliable resources for bioethics research -- including journal citations, bioethics texts, government publications, legal materials, and consumer health information
- Bioethics Information Resources - National Library of Medicine
- National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature - Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University
Bioethics Organizations and Centers
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- ANIS: Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender (Brazil)
- Hastings Center
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics
- National Institutes of Health - Bioethics Resources On the Web
- The President's Council on Bioethics
- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics (South Africa)
- Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare
- World Health Organization - Ethics and Health
| Critically evaluate what you find |
Criteria to keep in mind when choosing and using soures:
- Accuracy - Does the author cite her/his sources and are they legitimate?
- Authority - Who wrote the source? Are they credible?
- Objectivity - Does the author have a bias, political or commercial or persuasive?
- Currency - Is this information new or based on outdated sources? Can you tell how current it is?
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