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The Most Pressing Issues In Bioethics
Who owns medical and genetic data? How to regulate gene editing? Where is the boundary of enhancing physical or cognitive human capabilities? What to do with biological differences widening the gap of the haves and have-nots? Could we define where is the boundary to augment life? Will we sue robots or algorithms for medical malpractice? With the constant advancement of technology, unprecedented moral, ethical and legal concerns are surfacing. Channeling them into substantial debates will get us closer to their fair solution step by step. Here, we collected the most pressing issues in bioethics. Bioethicists of the world...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization Genomics bioethical data debate DNA future gene editing genetic genetics Innovation legal longevity medical medical data moral sex sexuality technology Source Type: blogs

The Doctor Who Thwarted the Charge of the General Medical Council – Part 1
By  SAURABH JHA After Dr. Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted for manslaughter for delayed diagnosis of fatal sepsis in Jack Adcock, a six-year-old boy who presented to Leicester Royal Infirmary with diarrhea and vomiting, she was referred to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT). The General Medical Council (GMC) is the professional regulatory body for physicians. But the MPT determines whether a physician is fit to practice. Though the tribunal is nested within the GMC and therefore within an earshot of its opinions, it is a decision-making body which is theoretically independent of the GMC. The tribunal met in 2017, 6 ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: NHS #BawaGarba @roguerad Source Type: blogs