Nature Podcast: 28 May 2015
This week, the ethics of killer robots, laser weapons become a reality, and the subtleties of temperature. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - May 27, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 28 May 2015
This week, the ethics of killer robots, laser weapons become a reality, and the subtleties of temperature. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - May 27, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Bad News: Medical Misinformation and the Ethics of TV Docs
Henry Black and George Lundberg on combating the misinformation in consumer medical news, the ethics of the physician as entertainer, and other ills that plague medical reporting. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - April 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
So What if a Baby Has Three Biological Parents?
Mitochondrial transplants raise some ethical issues, one being that a baby will have three biological parents. A leading bioethicist asks, 'What's wrong with that?' (Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast)
Source: Medscape Medscape Podcast - April 6, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Codes of Ethics for 21st Century Medical Practice
As precision medicine and mobile medical apps become the state of the art, we need state-of-the-art codes of ethics. Dr Lundberg explains why. (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast - March 12, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
How to diagnose overdiagnosis
Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. Stacy Carter, associate professor at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney argues that we should use a broad term such as too much medicine for advocacy and develop precise, case by case definitions of overdiagnosis for research and clinical... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 5, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How to diagnose overdiagnosis
Overdiagnosis means different things to different people. Stacy Carter, associate professor at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine at the University of Sydney argues that we should use a broad term such as too much medicine for advocacy and develop precise, case by case definitions of overdiagnosis for research and clinical purposes.
Read the full analysis article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h869
For the full overdiagnosis digital edition:
http://www.bmj.com/specialties/digital-theme-issue-overdiagnosis (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 5, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 28 May 2015
This week, the ethics of killer robots, laser weapons become a reality, and the subtleties of temperature. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - January 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 8 September 2016
This week, solving ethical dilemmas Star Trek style, farming festivals boost yield, and three scientists on their sci-fi inspirations. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - January 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Companies Pay for Women to Freeze Their Eggs? Not Good
Facebook and Apple say they will pay for women to freeze their eggs, supposedly a perk for those who are delaying childbearing. Who thinks this is ethical? asks bioethicist Art Caplan. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - December 3, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Baby Born From Transplanted Uterus: Should We Be Doing This?
A woman born without a womb had a uterus transplanted and successfully became pregnant and gave birth. This event turned out happily, but it raises many ethical issues. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - November 4, 2014 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Baby Born From Transplanted Uterus: Should We Be Doing This?
A woman born without a womb had a uterus transplanted and successfully became pregnant and gave birth. This event turned out happily, but it raises many ethical issues. (Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast)
Source: Medscape ObGyn Podcast - November 4, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Is 'Ethical, Safe EHR' an Oxymoron?
Are EHR bullies imposing a gag rule about software glitches and interface problems? Dr Lundberg wants to know. (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast - September 18, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Many Paths, Many Ends
Aum symbol in red (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Human beings are driven by many different goals throughout their life and though the goals of one individual would be different from other, the major goals of life can be classified as striving towards finding happiness, success, integrity and meaning in life. I have blogged elsewhere about how the latest research in positive psychology is explicating these four different legitimate aims via which one may lead a good or flourishing life. Also, a rider is in place here- its not as if one needs to, or is indeed, driven by one major goal to the exclusion of others, but a normal huma...
Source: The Mouse Trap - August 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandeep Gautam Tags: happiness Artha Bhakti Bhakti Yoga cognition Hinduism Jnana Yoga Karma Yoga Moksha Source Type: podcasts
