Conversations about reproduction should be a routine part of medical care for transgender people – but assumptions and non-inclusive language can act as barriers to informed consent.
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An online medical appointment booking organisation was sharing personal information about the users of their platform with a plaintiff law firm.
We need to stop blaming consumers for not reading online privacy policies and fix the system.
Space terrorism and testing of space tourists are theoretical problems today. But let’s have conversations right now to make sure they don’t become real problems in the future.
Apps and wearable devices promise greater participation and empowerment in health care. But what are we risking when we take part in this new era of participatory health?
The outgoing president leaves behind some solid accomplishments in the world of science, tech and medicine. But the biggest departure from his predecessors might have been in his approach.
Next-generation genomic research depends on study participants sharing their biological materials with scientists. But concerns over how that information is protected may hold some people back.
It’s old-fashioned, out of date and varies massively from school to school.
When it comes to stem cells, the ways that informed consent has been obtained in the past are not sufficient and improvements are needed.
South Africa has no legislation setting out the rules for biobanks and the guidelines that do exist are not clear or detailed. This leaves the door wide open for unethical practises.
Top contributors
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Professor, Head of Institute for Ethics in Technology - TUHH, Technical University of Hamburg
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Professor of Human Genetics: Stem Cell Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law Health and Society, College of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Military Space Bioethicist, UNSW
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Director of the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics and Adjunct Professor and Head of Department of Bioethics at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Director of Consumer Privacy, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Sessional Academic, Solicitor, Macquarie University
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Director of the Program for Empirical Bioethics, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University
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PhD Candidate, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University