Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

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When medicine becomes political

How healthcare professionals can navigate the balance between providing accurate medical information and avoiding partisan biases.

A prosthetic wrist and hand being fitted to a patient.

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Next-gen prosthetics: Ethically pioneering ideas and futuristic opportunities

March 1, 2024 Baylor College of Medicine’s Orthotics and Prosthetics Program, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance Lab (iCAMP), limbs, prosthetic technology, prosthetics, Technology, University of Washington’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

We can all name a TV show or movie character who has a prosthetic limb: Imperator Furiosa’s arm from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Bucky Barnes’

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Naughty or nice? AI doesn’t care

December 22, 2023 AI, artificial inteligence, Big Data, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ChatGBT, ethics, Misinformation, policy

Most of us will soon be sitting down to holiday dinner with our family and friends, and it’s likely that once the eggnog gets flowing,

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Momentum

Launching into the ethical dimensions of health research in space

October 19, 2023 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) hosted a workshop on ethics and responsible space health research.

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Astro Ethics: Grand Ethical Challenges for Safeguarding Human Health in Outer Space

September 8, 2023 Astroethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Center for Space Medicine, commercial space mission, space, TRISH

There is a well-established ethical and regulatory infrastructure that governs human research on Earth, but what happens when health research extends beyond Earth? Astronauts and

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The importance of a research internship

May 19, 2023 bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Internship, Research, undergraduate

How does an inquisitive undergraduate public health major find herself conducting bioethics research at one of the leading research institutions in the country? With a

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Revolutionizing healthcare: emerging trends and innovations

April 28, 2023 artificial intelligence, Brain Computing, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Future, Healthcare, Medicine, Metaverse, Psychedelics

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving. Conventional techniques of diagnosis and therapy are no longer enough to address patients’ various and complicated demands. To tackle

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Good Ethics to Good Science in Commercial Spaceflight Human Research

January 6, 2023 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Center for Space Medicine, ethics, Research, space, Spaceflight, the Banbury Center of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

The world is watching as the commercial spaceflight industry takes shape. More than ever, Spaceflight Participants – the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) approved term for