Health Care Decisionmaking Seminar

*  The list below includes the key Internet links mentioned by Linda Weir & Chuck Marcus in Professor Weithorn's Bioethics and Law Seminar on Monday, February 5, 2007.

* Note: Additional information may be added throughout the semester; this will be noted with the symbol.   

Library Catalogs and Databases

Hastings Online Catalog

FirstSearch (ID and Barcode required off-campus)
Online access to WorldCat-- holdings of the much of the world's library collections, millions of records in over 400 languages; Electronic Collections Online (ECO)-- access to journals published on the Internet; and ArticleFirst-- Index to journal articles (1990- present). Use Firstsearch to electronically submit interlibrary loans

San Francisco Public Library
- Borrowing privileges are available with proof of California residence. Your SFPL card number allows remote access to online databases that cover journals in the social sciences, newspapers and magazines.

University of California San Francisco Library
- Borrowing privileges available at UCSF Parnassus Library with Hastings ID.
- Hastings students may use the computers in the library to access Galen - The Digital Library of UCSF. Accessible only on the UCSF campus, this system combines the resources of the California Digital Library, UCSF's own subscriptions to electronic journals, and access to the full text of articles on PubMed.
- Printing from UCSF computers is 22 cents per page.

University of California Berkeley Libraries
Borrowing privileges at some campus libraries obtained at Access Services in the Doe Library.

Nonlegal databases available via Hastings

ProQuest Databases: (ID and Barcode required off-campus)

• ABI/INFORM Complete
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
• ProQuest Research Library
• PsycARTICLES
• PsycBOOKS
• PyscINFO

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United States National Library of Medicine

NLM MeSH Browser
Medical Subject Headings used on all NLM systems.

MEDLINE via PubMed
Access to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed interface to MEDLINE.

Locatorplus
The NLM's catalog of books, journals, audiovisuals and access points to other medical
research tools.

NLM Gateway
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE: Directory of Health Organizations.

US National Library of Medicine homepage

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Bioethics Websites

National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature
This site is from the Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Includes the searchable databases:
ETHX on the Web (Journal articles, analytics, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics) and Genetics and Ethics (Books, journal articles, analytics, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, news articles and audiovisuals).

The President's Council on Bioethics
The web site for the Federal office. Contains meeting transcripts, and working papers.

Biotechnology and Health Care Ethics
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University is a nationally recognized resource for people and organizations wanting to study and apply an ethical approach to the crucial issues facing our world.

Bioethics.net
A clearinghouse of current news and information on bioethics from the Alden March Bioethics Institute, the publisher of the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB). Includes selected articles and commentary from AJOB, a topical index and a blog hosted by the editors of AJOB.

US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Heath maintains an excellent page of links to Bioethics Resources on the Web.

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Print ResourcesSelected Print Resources in the Hastings Law Library:

Bibliography of Bioethics
Washington, D.C., Kennedy Institute of Ethics
(Z6675.E8 B53 First Floor Library, vol.8 (1982), vol. 27(2001) - )
"An ongoing research project of the Kennedy Institute, Center for Bioethics at Georgetown University." The Kennedy Institute also provides free online access to this material through the "ETHX on the Web" database.

BioLaw
Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, 1986-
(KF3821 .B5 First Floor Library)

Consent to Treatment: a Practical Guide. Fay A. Rozovsky.
3rd ed., Gaithersburg, Md. : Aspen, 2000-
(KF3827.I5 R69 2000 First Floor Library)

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology. Thomas H. Murray, and Maxwell J. Mehlman eds.
New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2000
(TP248.16 .E54 2000 First Floor Library)
Includes bibliographical references and index

Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Warren Thomas Reich, editor in chief.
Rev. ed., New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995
(QH332 .E52 1995 First Floor Library)
Appendix (pp.2599-2842) contains codes, oaths, and directives related to bioethics.
Includes bibliographical references and index

The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr., ed.
3rd ed., Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999
(RC454 .H37 1999 First Floor Library)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Examination and evaluation -- Brain and behavior -- Psychopathology -- Principles of treatment and management --Special populations -- Psychiatry and society -- Ethical issues in the practice of psychiatry -- Psychiatry and the law

The Hastings Center Report http://www.thehastingscenter.org
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences (R724 .H27 5th Stacks (unbound issues: First Floor Library) Library has Vol. 15, 1985- )
Available on ProQuest Research Library: Hastings Center Report [Feb 1988 (Volume 18, Issue 1) - current] (ID and Barcode required off-campus).

HEC Forum : an Interdisciplinary Journal on Hospitals' Ethical and Legal Issues
New York : Pergamon Press, c1989-
(R724 .H38 (unbound issues: First Floor Library) Library has Vol. 3 (1991) - Vol.9:1-4 (1997), Vol. 10 (1998) - )

The Right to Die : the Law of End-of-life Decision Making. Alan Meisel.
3rd ed., New York : Aspen, 2004-
(KF3827.E87 M45 2004 First Floor Library)

Sourcebook in Bioethics: A Documentary History.
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1998
(R724 S62 1998 First Floor Library)

Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
( K29 .A335 (unbound issues: First Floor Library)
Library has Vol. 1 (2001) - ); also available on electronic resource HeinOnline.

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Law Review Articles

Hein-online (Extensive database of pdf scans of Law Reviews, 1890's to current)(ID and Barcode required off-campus)
Full Text Law Reviews (selected Law Reviews, 1990's to current) [Lexis] [Westlaw]
Index to Legal Periodicals (comprehensive law review index, 1980 to current):
[Lexis] [Westlaw] [Internet database (includes ILP Retrospective (1903-1980)(ID and Barcode required off-campus)]
Legal Resource Index (comprehensive law review, legal newspaper & bar ass'n journal index 1980-current): [Lexis] [Westlaw] [Internet database (ID and Barcode required off-campus)]

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Library Assistance

Reference Desk Hours: Spring Semester 2007:
198 McAllister St. First Floor Library (Louis B Mayer Lounge)
Monday-Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(415) 565-4751

Getting Help with your Project: The Reference Librarians are available to help you plan your research strategy and to help you find the resources that might be useful in your project. It is best to call (or e-mail) one of the Reference Librarians, and make an appointment before coming in to discuss your project.

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Last updated 02-07-2007
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