An annotated bibliography for ethics training in consultation-liaison psychiatry

The expanding field of bioethics has created a need in psychiatry for rapid access to the complex bioethics literature. This is especially true in con sultation-liaison work. An annotated bibliography was created by a task for ce of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine charged with exploring how psyc hiatrists function on bioethics committees. The bibliography is organized i nto headings that reflect how bioethical problems came to the attention of psychiatrists. introductory references allow the reader an overview of the history of bioethics and a selection of useful text-books. References are p rovided explaining how ethical principles are used. Refererces are also org anized by areas of medical work frequently visited by consultation-liaison psychiatrists.