Clinical Ethics

This guide is suggested for students of NUR8964 or those interested in clinical ethics.

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Search PubMed to find journal articles for topics in clinical ethics.

To access PubMed, start at the library homepage, click Databases A-Z, and choose PubMed.

1. Start by limiting your search to the bioethics subset.

Click "Limits."

At the next screen, scroll down to "Subsets" and choose Bioethics.

2. Limit to English or choose other languages

Under "Language" click English, unless you wish to retrieve articles published in other languages. You can also select more than one language if you wish.

3. Limit publication years

You can limit to articles published during a particular year or range of years by scrolling back up to "Dates" and then selecting a range from the dropdown menu.

4. Type your terms into the search box.

HINTS:

Place quotations around phrases (two or more words that you want to search as a single term), such as "genetic testing," "colon cancer."
Link terms for different aspects of your topic with AND (in caps), such as "genetic screening" AND "ovarian cancer."
Link synonyms or related terms with OR and enclose them in PARENTHESES, such as ("colon cancer" OR "ovarian cancer").
Use an asterisk to retrieve all forms of a word, such as consent* for consent, consenting, etc.

Locating full text

1. Click the article title.

2. At the next screen, click Find it and look for the ARTICLE link and click it.

If you see the message "Sorry, no holdings were found for this journal, " ...you can request the item from interlibrary loan by clicking "Use ILLiad...."