Category Science and Technology

Access to Physicians’ Prescription Habits

June 15, 2017 · by · in Law & Policy, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon calls attention to issues of accessibility and transparency related to the collection and sale of physician prescribing data by data solution companies.

Radical Technology, Bodyhacking, & Medicine

May 26, 2017 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Science and Technology

Michele Battle-Fisher calls on conventional medical to consider how acts of healing will change in the context of transhumanism.

The Ethics of In Vitro Gametogenesis

May 19, 2017 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Reproduction, Science and Technology

Françoise Baylis comments on the ethics of using gametes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells for future human reproduction.

Analytics and the Prevention of Suicide

May 17, 2017 · by · in Indigenous Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Science and Technology

Greg Horne describes how data on social media can be used to identify and concentrate resources on groups who are at risk of suicide.

Blinded by the Promise of Stem Cell Treatments

April 13, 2017 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Disability, Law & Policy, Science and Technology

Alan F. Cruess cautions against the use of unproven stem cell ‘treatments.’

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