Author Archives: impact ethics

Let’s Raise the Bar for Research Ethics Standards on Psychedelics

Paola Cubillos draws attention to the ethical and methodological concerns from MDMA- Assisted Therapy research and argues that these issues merit a stringent research ethics oversight framework for psychedelic clinical studies.

Managing Difficult Therapeutic Relationships

Winifred Badaiki examines difficult therapeutic relationships in healthcare and explores avenues to managing them.

The Moral Heritage of Bioethics East and West

Rashad Rehman argues that bioethicists should turn their attention to the shared moral heritage of both Western and non-Western bioethics.

Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet?

Chris Kaposy and Zack Marshall reveal that patient photographs in medical case reports are often picked up by Google Images, which makes these sensitive images widely available.

Death Pluralism?

Anthony Sangiuliano comments on the limits of accommodating pluralism in the legal definition of death.