NATIONAL REFERENCE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS LITERATURE

医学研究的快速发展和治疗模式的革命 导致了人们对生物伦理问题的兴趣持续增长。 同时，对医疗保健中的价值问题进行系统研究， 生物医学研究在过去20年里蓬勃发展。生命伦理学 肯尼迪道德学院的图书馆包含了最全面的 收集世界上有关生物医学伦理的材料。因此，它服务于 作为研究和信息需求不可或缺的资源 卫生专业人士、政府机构、生物伦理学学者、媒体、 律师事务所和普通民众。 该提案概述了建立国家参考咨询中心的计划 生命伦理学文学奖。该中心的具体目标是：(1) 提供专门的设施，收集、组织和制作 向不同的支持者提供生物伦理学的文献 建议详述；(2)设立结算所，以供 生物伦理学课程教材支持伦理学课程发展 在专业学校，本科生和研究生课程，以及高中 学校；以及(3)发展世界上最多的档案收藏 国家生物伦理委员会制作的重要材料和 政府机构。 提出了几项新的倡议，包括提供一个 免费电话号码，以方便全国接入该中心； 组织肯尼迪学院教职员工中的一组专家，他们将 对详细的研究请求作出回应；文件的制定 提供服务；建立生物伦理合作网络 图书馆和藏书；为图书馆和藏书编制联机目录 中心的图书和期刊文集；宣传和培训 搜索BIOETHICSLINE的媒介和终端用户；以及实施 生物伦理学全日制持续教育课程将在主要 专业协会会议。

Rapid advances in medical research and the revolution in treatment modes have resulted in the continuing growth of interest in bioethical issues. Concurrently, the systematic study of value questions in health care and biomedical research has burgeoned in the past two decades. The Bioethics Library at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics contains the most comprehensive collection of materials on biomedical ethics in the world. It thus serves as an indispensable resource for research and for the information needs of health professionals, government agencies, bioethics scholars, the media, law firms, and the general public. This proposal outlines a plan for establishing a National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature. Specific goals of the Center are: (1) the provision of a specialized facility which will collect, organize and make available the literature of bioethics to the various constituencies detailed in the proposal; (2) the establishment of a clearinghouse for curriculum materials in bioethics to support course development in ethics in professional schools, undergraduate and graduate programs, and high schools; and (3) the development of an archival collection of the most important materials produced by national bioethics commissions and government agencies. Several new initiatives are proposed, including the provision of a toll-free telephone number to facilitate national access to the Center; the organization of a group of experts among Kennedy Institute faculty who will respond to detailed research requests; the development of a document delivery service; the establishment of a cooperative network of bioethics libraries and collections; the development of on-line catalogs for the Center's book and journal article collections; outreach and training of search mediaries and end users of BIOETHICSLINE; and implementation of a full-day continuing education program on bioethics to be presented at major professional society meetings.