Informal Listing of International Bioethics / Health Care Ethics Guidelines and Declarations - compiled by the World Health Organization and provided courtesy of the Eubios Ethics Institute in Japan.

Declaration of Helsinki - World Medical Association Recommendations Guiding Physicians in Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects. Last amended July, 2000.

Articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine (August 12, 1999) for and against the revision of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples - published by the North American Regional Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project.

International Guidelines for the Review of Epidemiological Studies - issued by CIOMS (Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences) in 1991. Document is provided by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

The Nuremberg Code - document provided courtesy of the Office for Human Research Protections.

Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights - adopted by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization in November, 1997.

Online Course On Ethical Issues in International Research - by the Harvard School of Public Health. The web site introduces major ethical topics in international health research, poses questions for students and scholars to consider, and also provides research resources and case studies.  CD-Rom is available. 

International Research Ethics Page - by the Johns Hopkins Bioethics Institute. Information on the web page includes: an introduction to international research ethics, a section on international health researchers' attitudes and experiences concerning U.S. human subjects regulations, training, articles, and related links.

ETHICA: International Research Ethics Resources - includes resources on collaboration on clinical trials, informed consent, community consent, and the availability of pharmaceutical products.

The Eubios Ethics Institute - (Japan) - site contains an array of links to reports, conference abstracts, and international and Asian perspectives on bioethics.

The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics - 2002 study, "Top 10 Biotechnologies for Improving Health in Developing Countries", published in Nature.

EUROETHICS - European Database on Medical Ethics - offered by the European Project, coordinated by the Information and Documentation Centre Ethics in Medicine (IDEM). France, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden are cooperating to establish a European Data Base Network that encourages the exchange of information across European borders.

Health Training: Postgraduate Training Programmes in International Health - searchable database by country, institution, topic, and type.

Ethics of Medical Research - a research dossier addressing some of the key issues faced by those funding, designing, reviewing and conducting medical research in developing countries, sponsored by Sci.Dev.Net, an organization devoted to providing news and promoting debate on science and technology issues relevant to the needs of developing countries.

Ethics of Clinical Research in the Developing World- illustrates the harmful effects of the "Uniform Care Requirement" on biomedical research.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report- The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries defines the ethical standards for healthcare research in developing countries.  It will provide a framework for anyone who is designing or conducting such research.  The Report's recommendations focus on standards of care, consent, ethical review of research and what happens when the research is over.