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Ethical issues in reproductive medicine: Hinduism and “leftovers” from IVF

November 7, 2022 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Hindu, in vitro fertilization, IVF, Religious Traditions, Reproductive Medicine

Dr. Sarma takes a closer look at the Hindu position on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the related ethical issues in reproductive medicine.

A yellow container labeled "wastes" filled with used medical equipment.

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Trash talk: What to do with medical waste?

November 4, 2022 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Environment, Global Inequalities, Healthcare Waste, 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.”

Progress Notes

Resonance podcast: Giving Immigrants and Asylum Seekers a Voice for Human Rights

October 25, 2022 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Resonance Podcast

In the newest Resonance podcast, Dr. Wesley Boyd shares his work in bioethics, humanities, human rights and psychiatry.

Graphic illustration of a person speaking to someone whose face is covered in questioning phrases.

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Does a disease impact your identity?

September 30, 2022 adolescent, Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, deep brain stimulation, OCD, Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation, Summer Interns, Technology

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

Four people, seen from above, working together with various computing devices.

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Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience

September 9, 2022 bioethics, BRAINShare, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ethics Sumer Interns, Neuroscience, Patient Trust, Public-Private Partnerships

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

August 26, 2022 Brain, brain imaging, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Ethics Sumer Interns, law, Neuroscience, Philosophy

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?

May 27, 2022 artificial intelligence, autonomy, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Morality, robotic technologies, Robots

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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Reboot your thinking about mental health, the future of our health and health security

April 1, 2022 Amy McGuire, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Genetics, Global Health, Human Geno Sequencing Center, Mental Health, public health, Richard Gibbs, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, TEDx

How willing are you to reboot the way you have always done things? Our society is currently experiencing a reboot – challenging basic assumptions about

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Ethics in a post-COVID world

March 11, 2022 bioethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, clinical ethics, ethics, Intensive, training

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a host of ethical challenges in the healthcare setting. Ethical concerns include triage decisions, shortages of key resources, hospital visitor

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As good as dead? The ethical complexities of declaring someone dead

December 3, 2021 bioethics, Brain Death, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Circulatory Death, Dead, Death, ethics, Technology

It is often said that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. And while it is certain we will all die, the definition