Torture - What declassified guidelines tell us about medical complicity
The UN Convention against Torture defines torture as “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person” by someone acting in an official capacity for purposes such as obtaining a confession or punishing or intimidating that person.
It is unethical for healthcare professionals to participate in torture, including any use of medical knowledge or skill to facilitate torture or allow it to continue, or to be present during torture. Yet medical participation in torture has taken place throughout the world and was a prominent feature of the US interrogation practi...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 5, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
No Physician Shortage Despite Dire Warnings: Zeke Emanuel
Dr Eric Topol discusses factors behind a predicted physician shortage (or lack thereof) with policy expert and ethicist Dr Ezekiel Emanuel. (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast - January 24, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Musing on Sexual Ethics
Dr George Lundberg urges discussion on modern sexual ethics. (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Podcast - January 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com.
Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.”
The press conference is l ed by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are:
Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the invest...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com.
Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.”
The press conference is led by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are:
Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the investig...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
You don't know me: The Lancet: December 23, 2017
The author of the Wakley Prize-winning essay, Kate Rowland, talks about the ethics of care and the philosophy underlying the clinician-patient relationship, themes raised in her essay. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - December 22, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Pediatrics : Nusinersen for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Ensuring Equity at High Cost
Interview with Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA, author of Ethical Challenges Confronted When Providing Nusinersen Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and Vinay Prasad, author of Nusinersen for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Are We Paying Too Much for Too Little? (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - December 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants
This week we hear stories on what to do with experimental brain implants after a study is over, how gene therapy gave a second skin to a boy with a rare epidermal disease, and how bone markings thought to be evidence for early hominid tool use may have been crocodile bites instead, with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic.
Sarah Crespi interviews Gary King about his new experiment to bring fresh data to the age-old question of how the news media influences the public. Are journalists setting the agenda or following the crowd? How can you know if a news story makes a ripple in a sea of online information? In a powerful ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 9, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Source Type: podcasts
Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants
This week we hear stories on what to do with experimental brain implants after a study is over, how gene therapy gave a second skin to a boy with a rare epidermal disease, and how bone markings thought to be evidence for early hominid tool use may have been crocodile bites instead, with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic.
Sarah Crespi interviews Gary King about his new experiment to bring fresh data to the age-old question of how the news media influences the public. Are journalists setting the agenda or following the crowd? How can you know if a news story makes a ripple in a sea of online information? In a powerful...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 9, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Randomizing the news for science, transplanting genetically engineered skin, and the ethics of experimental brain implants
This week we hear stories on what to do with experimental brain implants after a study is over, how gene therapy gave a second skin to a boy with a rare epidermal disease, and how bone markings thought to be evidence for early hominid tool use may have been crocodile bites instead, with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic. Sarah Crespi interviews Gary King about his new experiment to bring fresh data to the age-old question of how the news media influences the public. Are journalists setting the agenda or following the crowd? How can you know if a news story makes a ripple in a sea of online information? In a powerful s...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 9, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Science Source Type: podcasts
TWiV Special: Tear it up with David Tuller
David Tuller returns to discuss his efforts to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial for ME/CFS. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: David Tuller Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode All of David's ME/CFS articles at virology blog David Tuller on Twitter Through the Shadowlands by Julie Rehmeyer Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 14, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Ethical Malpractice in American Clinical Oncology
An epidemic of greed is sweeping through the field of oncology. We need to fix it NOW, says Dr Lundberg. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - August 23, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
