Advances and disseminates knowledge concerning ethical issues in health care and the life sciences by conducting original interdisciplinary research, offering educational programs and courses, fostering public discussion and debate through community outreach activities, and assisting in the formulation of public policy. Short summaries on a variety of bioethics topics, detailed overviews with thorough bibliographies, and resources for teachers who wish to incorporate bioethics into the classroom are available from the "Resource Center," and legal overviews of bioethics issues are available from the "Publications" section of the site.