#bioethics

Media, Innovation, and Bioethics

Media play a major role in the healthcare system, affecting medical research, public policy, clinical practice, and self care. Many of the goals of bioethical practice, including patient wellness, patient autonomy, and social justice, and the trend in medicine towards preserving rather than restoring health, can all be served by improving the quality of media ... Media, Innovation, and Bioethics

09/07
2009 1mn
lettura

Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine

The Bassetti Foundation is pleased to announce its association with and participation at the 13th International Intensive Course in Bioethics entitled Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine, that takes place between the 13th to the 24th of July 2009 in Udine, Italy. After opening remarks and a foreword about the aims and the structure of the course, the ... Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine

04/07
2009 4mn
lettura

A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum

For anybody interested in taking an overview of current debate on bioethics, the Hastings Center bioethics forum would be a good starting point. I say this not only because the forum hosts the Centre’s own bioethics blog, well informed and non partizan as ever, but also because it provides links to many other blogs addressing ... A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum

02/07
2009 5mn
lettura

Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan

Currently, Dr. Caplan is the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Born in Boston, Caplan did his undergraduate work at Brandeis University, and did his graduate work at Columbia University where he ... Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan

25/11
2006 31mn
lettura