Bioethics Research Library Collection of Newsletters
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of more than 250 publications created by organizations, universities, societies, and other groups to promote and examine bioethical issues. Some of these topics include: Abortion, AIDS and HIV, Animal research, Business ethics, End of life care, Euthanasia, Disability rights, Health care and law, Health care and religion/Christianity, Hospitals, Human experimentation, Human reproduction and family planning, Medical ethics, Medical humanities, Mental health ethics, Professional ethics, Public health, Research ethics, and Veterans health. A complete inventory of the collection is available online.
It includes newsletters published internationally and a variety of languages (French, Spanish, Slavic, and Portuguese).
These newsletters were kept and maintained the by the Bioethics Research Library from the 1970s through the 2000s.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 2019
Creator
- Bioethics Research Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Extent
25 Cubic Feet (in 26 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Abstract
The collection consists of more than 250 publications created by organizations, universities, societies, and other groups to promote and examine bioethical issues. Some of these topics include: Abortion, AIDS and HIV, Animal research, Business ethics, End of life care, Euthanasia, Disability rights, Health care and law, Health care and religion/Christianity, Hospitals, Human experimentation, Human reproduction and family planning, Medical ethics, Medical humanities, Mental health ethics, Professional ethics, Public health, Research ethics, and Veterans health. A complete inventory of the collection is available here https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/711246
Arrangement
The collection is generally arranged alphabetically by title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was assembled by Bioethics Research Library staff.
Processing Information
The collection has been housed in archival-quality boxes and folders. Oversized materials have been placed in flat boxes. The inventory to the collection was first created in 2014 and was revised in 2022 when the collection was transferred from filing cabinets to boxes.
Topical
- AIDS (Disease) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Animal experimentation -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Bioethics
- Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
- Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Medical ethics
- Medicine and the humanities
- People with disabilities -- Care
- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Title
- Guide to the Bioethics Research Library Collection of Newsletters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nicholas Dellasanta, Charles N. Norton, and John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Bioethics Research Library Archives Repository