Bible texts Passages in the Old Testament and New Testament relevant to this topic.
Contraception and birth control
Roman Catholic position What the Roman Catholic Church says about birth control - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Roman Catholic view This website is called "Catholic Answers" it is very comprehensive and detailed, yet good and usable.
Contraception and religion A short history of contraception and religion by Kathleen O'Grady. This make fascinating reading and it is quite short.
Designer babies This site explains simply and carefully what is meant by this term - what is allowed and what is forbidden. There are links to other ethical issues about genetic engineering.
Samaritans This page will give you the latest statistics on suicide published by the Samaritans in the UK.There are also links to other parts of their site.
Suicide prevention Again a site maintained by the Samaritans. This page describes their Suicide Prevention Hotline and their Public Education Program.
Centrefor Suicide Research This is part of the University of Oxford's contribution to research into the causes of suicide. This link will take you to their statistics page.
Befrienders International This organisation is now maintained by the Samaritans. The organisation not only provides statistics, but there are also links to the World Health Organisation.
click here for an interactive test about myths associated with suicide. How much do you know?Suicide and ethics This page run by the Christian Medical Fellowship is really discussing issues akin to euthanasia, but there is quite a useful discussion about the 1961 Suicide Act.
Euthanasia
Care not killing Care NOT Killing is a UK-based alliance of individuals and organisations which brings together human rights groups, healthcare groups, palliative care groups and faith-based organisations. The Roman Catholic Church has great urges Christians to belong to it.
Euthanasia Updates in euthanasia, produced by Lawrence M Hinman. This is a very wide ranging site with lots of relevant links. Quite advanced for GCSE.
Christianity and Euthanasia This site belongs to the Christian Medical Fellowship. There are some very attractive looking links and the site is quite wide ranging in its coverage of the issue. Use with care.
The Hospice Movement
Hospice development This document describes the origin of the Hospice movement in the 1960s.
What the Hospice movement does This site carefully describes the many aspects of the work done by hospices.
Dame Cicely Saunders Dame Cicely died in July 2005. The BBC News Service paid this tribute to her life and work.
Macmillan Nurses Macmillan Nurses are part of the Macmillan Cancer Relief. The link describes the work of the nurses and all other types of care the charity provide.