Ethics Resources
Online Resources
Bioethics Organizations
- ASBH – The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Bioethics.net – Sign up for the free newsletter from AJOB
- ECU Bioethics Collaborative – East Carolina Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Medical Center
- The Hastings Center – Sign up for free bioethics forum and learn about other resources
- Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine – Duke University and School of Medicine
- UNC Center for Bioethics – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- WFU Center for Bioethics, Health and Society – Wake Forest University
North Carolina General Statutes
- Chapter 90, Article 23 – Right to Natural Death; Brain Death [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 32A, Article 3 – Health Care Powers of Attorney [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 90, Article1B – Portable do not resuscitate order and Medical Order for Scope of Treatment.[RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 122C, Article 3 – Clients’ Rights and Advance Instruction[RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 32A, Article 4 – Consent to Health Care for Minor [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 90, Article 1A – Treatment of Minors [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 7B, Article 3 – Duty to report abuse, neglect, dependency, or death due to maltreatment [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 90, Article 1B Informed consent to health care treatment or procedure [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 130A, Article 16 – Postmortem Investigation and Disposition [RTF] [PDF]
- Chapter 35 A, Incompetency and Guardianship [RTF] [PDF]
Advance Care Planning Resources
- North Carolina Medical Society Resources
- Statutory forms for Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA) and Living Will
- Sample MOST form
- Sample Portable DNR form
- Information about legislative history and FAQs
- Community Partnership for Compassionate Care
- Sites providing tools for discussion of decisions at end of life
- Begin the Conversation
- The Conversation Project
- Consider the Conversation
- Five Wishes
- Go Wish Cards
- National POLST (from which our MOST – Medical Order for Scope of Treatment – was derived)