The importance of a research internship
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
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
The world is watching as the commercial spaceflight industry takes shape. More than ever, Spaceflight Participants – the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) approved term for
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Ethical issues in reproductive medicine: Hinduism and “leftovers” from IVF
Dr. Sarma takes a closer look at the Hindu position on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the related ethical issues in reproductive medicine.
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Trash talk: What to do with medical waste?
How much do you think about waste? There are some catchy slogans to inspire us, like “Feed the can, man” and “Slam dunk the junk.”
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Resonance podcast: Giving Immigrants and Asylum Seekers a Voice for Human Rights
In the newest Resonance podcast, Dr. Wesley Boyd shares his work in bioethics, humanities, human rights and psychiatry.
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Does a disease impact your identity?
This is the fifth in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. What are the
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Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience
This is the third in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. I knew I
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Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law
This is the first in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues.
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Is Terminator inevitable?
If you think about ethics and robots, what comes to mind? “The Jetsons?” “2001: A Space Odyssey?” “Terminator?” I recently led a bioethics journal club
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