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Bioethics Resources in Other Languages

This page collates resources in non-English languages from elsewhere on the International Research Ethics Resources section. If you have recommendations for additional resources, please contact Joe Millum at Joseph.Millum@nih.gov.

Arabic | Catalan | Chinese | French | Georgian | German | Hindi | Japanese | Korean | Lithuanian | Polish | Portuguese | Romanian | Romanian-Moldovan | Russian | Serbian | Spanish | Thai | Ukrainian

Arabic

• Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences: International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects: An Islamic Perspective
• Research Ethics Program in Jordan: Research Ethics Resources in Arabic
• TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships: Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings
• World Health Organization: Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research

Catalan

• Network - Ibero-American Network IAB

Chinese

• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships
• Training - Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects

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French

• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• Family Health International Research Ethics Training Curriculum and Research Ethics Training Curriculum for Community Representatives
• Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation (TRREE)
• World Health Organization's Research ethics committees: basic concepts for capacity-building
• Guidelines and Regulations
  • Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
  • Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships
  • World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
• Journal
• Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique
• Journal International de Bioethique

Georgian

• Guidelines and Regulations
• European Commission Directorate-General for Research European Textbook on Ethics in Research

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German

• Training
  • Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation (TRREE)
• Guidelines and Regulations
• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships
• Journals
  • Ethik in der Medizin (subscription only)
  • Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ethik (subscription only)

Hindi

• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships

Japanese

• Training
  • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• Guidelines and Regulations
• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships

Korean

• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects

• Guidelines and Regulations

  • The Belmont Report

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Lithuanian

• Guidelines and Regulations
• European Commission Directorate-General for Research European Textbook on Ethics in Research
• Training
• The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe. Courses for International Bioethics and International Research Ethics

Polish

• Training
• Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation (TRREE)
• Guidelines and Regulations
• The Belmont Report

Portuguese

• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• Family Health International Research Ethics Training Curriculum and Research Ethics Training Curriculum for Community Representatives
• Guidelines and Regulations
• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships
• Network
  • Ibero-American Network IAB

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Romanian

• Guidelines and Regulation
• European Commission Directorate-General for Research European Textbook on Ethics in Research

Romanian-Moldovan

• Training
• The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe Courses for International Bioethics and International Research Ethics

Russian

• Russian Bioethical Forum
• Guidelines and Regulations
• The Belmont Report
• Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings from the TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships
• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• World Health Organization's Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research

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Serbian

• Guidelines and Regulations
• European Commission Directorate-General for Research European Textbook on Ethics in Research

Spanish

• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
• World Health Organization's Casebook on Ethical Issues in International Health Research
• Family Health International Research Ethics Training Curriculum and Research Ethics Training Curriculum for Community Representatives
• Protecting Human Research Participants / Protección de los participantes humanos de la investigación - A three-hour online course available in English and Spanish from the NIH Office of Extramural Research. Anyone can register. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is available for successfully completing the course.
• Guidelines and Regulations
• Office of Research Integrity: Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research
• Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS): International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
• TRUST Equitable Research Partnerships: Global code of conduct for research in resource-poor settings
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Code of Federal Regulations: Protection of Human Subjects
• World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
• Network
  • Ibero-American Network IAB
• Journals
• Revista Colombiana de Bioética (Subscription; Volume 1 free)
• Revista de Bioética y Derecho (free)
• Acta Bioethica (free)

Thai

• Training
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in the Protection of Human Research Subjects

Ukrainian

• Guidelines and Regulations
• The Belmont Report

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Updated January 2024