Health Care Issues and Bioethics

American Medical Association: Virtual Mentor
Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association

American Medical Association: Advocacy
Advocacy issues and links on the American Medical Asociation website.

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Resources for locating information on bioethics and humanities education.

Bioethics Society of Cornell 
This organization holds weekly lectures open to the entire Cornell community. It's publication, The Ivy Journal of Ethics, contains original papers on topics related to bioethics.

Center for Studying Health System Change
The Center provides analyses about changes in the health care system with the goal of contributing to better health policy.

Community Catalyst
Works to build consumer and community participation in shaping the U.S. health care system.

Gooznews
A health wonk's newsletter and blog.

Hastings Center
Reflection on the ethical and social issues of medicine and medical science.

Health Affairs
A policy journal of the health sphere.

National Rural Health Association
A national membership organization, whose mission is to improve the health and health care of rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communications, education and research. 

Office of Minority Health
The mission of the OMH is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. 

Physicians for a National Health Program
A not-for-profit organization of physicians, medical students, and other health care professionals that support a national health insurance (NHI) program.
 
Physicians for Social Responsibility
A public policy organization representing the medical and public health professions and concerned citizens, working together for nuclear disarmament, a healthful environment, and an end to the epidemic of gun violence.
 
Public Citizen Health Research Group
A national, nonprofit advocacy organization founded by Ralph Nader in 1971 to pursue health care interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.

Pump Handle
"A water cooler for the public health crowd"

Student Doctor
The Student Doctor Network (SDN) is a nonprofit web site, dedicated to the pre-health and health professional student community.  Includes med school interview reports.

The Next Generation
Reveals the inner workings of medicine and the medical life. Includes selected materials from The New England Journal of Medicine