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Bioethics Education International Winter School Online, Jan 15-22 2024
Wars, Pandemics & Bioethics @ Online Jan 15 – Jan 22 Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the winter school to be held from Jan 15 to 22, [...]
OPCW confirms: All declared chemical weapons stockpiles verified as irreversibly destroyed
The United States of America, the last possessor State, completed the destruction of its declared chemical weapons stockpile Read more here!
We bridge science, policy and impact.
Today was the first meeting of my new Scientific Advisory Board – assessing the risks and opportunities of AI, biotech & climate. We are committed to bridging the science-policy divide. Less bureaucracy and more science [...]
Scientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US
Scientists race to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in four countries, including the US. Read more here!
2023 Wars, Pandemics, and Bioethics Summer School Online Testimonials
Bioethics Education International (BEI) invited participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the summer school held from July 24 to 29, 2023. The summer school included lectures and seminars, film screenings, and special [...]
2023 Wars, Pandemics, and Bioethics Summer School Online Testimonials
Bioethics Education International (BEI) invited participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the summer school held from July 24 to 29, 2023. The summer school included lectures and seminars, film screenings, and special [...]
Bioethics and War
by Henk Ten Have In bioethics, the issue of war has not been treated as a major concern. The field can do more to articulate the responsibilities of health practitioners and scientists, arguing that Red [...]
Bioethics Education International Summer School 2023 Online
Wars, Pandemics & Bioethics @ Online Jul 24 – Jul 29 Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the summer school to be held from July 24 to 29, [...]
UNHCR Calls for Concerted Action as Forced Displacement Hits New High of 110 Million
The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside other conflicts and climate-driven upheaval, meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last year, heightening the urgency for immediate, collective action to alleviate the global crisis, [...]
Keynote Speaker: Thalia Arawi, Ph.D.
Apply Today to ‘Wars, Pandemics and Bioethics’ Summer School Online (July 24-29, 2023)! Dr. Thalia Arawi is the Founding Director of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (SHBPP) at the American University of Beirut [...]
Keynote Speaker: Phaik Yeong Cheah, Ph.D.
Apply Today to 'Wars, Pandemics and Bioethics' Summer School Online (July 24-29, 2023)! And gain insights from one of our, distinguished keynote speakers, Phaik Yeong Cheah. A Global health expert from University of Oxford, she [...]
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
Apply Today to 'Wars, Pandemics and Bioethics' Summer School Online (July 24-29, 2023)! We are honored to have Professor Jonathan D. Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with his [...]
We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us
by Arthur Kaplan In 1978, I was doing a rotation at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia University. I was there as a “special student,” having gotten permission from some higher ups to learn something [...]
Bioethics Education International Summer School 2023 Online
Wars, Pandemics & Bioethics @ Online Jul 24 – Jul 29 all-day Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the summer school to be held from July 24 to 29, [...]
How can organizations prepare for generative AI?
How can different organizations and individuals implement AI effectively and properly appreciate its risk? This article examines how businesses can ensure the ethical deployment of generative AI. Read more here!
Russian attack on Ukrainian clinic kills two and wounds 30, Kyiv says
KYIV, May 26 (Reuters) - A Russian missile hit a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing two people and wounding 30 in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called a [...]
“Animal Liberation Now!” – Peter Singer – Sentientism
Peter Singer is often referred to as the “world’s most influential living philosopher.” He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a [...]
Medical Interpretation in the U.S. is Inadequate and Harming Patients
Over the past few decades, many major cities in the United States have become more diverse and gained more residents with limited English proficiency. Health care systems have attempted to accommodate these residents, but their medical interpreter [...]
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
A paralyzed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life. Read more here!
Canadian prisoners are choosing euthanasia but the public is none the wiser
Canada is the only country which regards euthanasia for people incarcerated in prisons as a human right. Nine prisoners have received euthanasia in the seven years since legalisation – more than any other country. But [...]
Covid-resistant bats could be key to fighting the next pandemic
The only mammals that fly are not affected by coronaviruses. Scientists are trying to work out why. Read more here!
Making an Advance Research Directive: An Interview Study with Adults Aged 55 and Older with Interests in Dementia Research
Many people with dementia are interested in taking part in research, including when they no longer have capacity to provide informed consent. Advance research directives (ARD) enable people to document their wishes about research participation [...]
What Remains of the Constitutional Right to Refuse Treatment?
The Supreme Court’s 1990 decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, recognized an individual constitutional right to decline life-sustaining medical treatment. The Court reinforced that right a few years later. But last year’s [...]
Sudan crisis: Hospitals damaged and overwhelmed
The ongoing fighting in Sudan has already destroyed numerous medical facilities and forced many doctors and other health care workers to flee. Those who can bear to remain have been overwhelmed with patients. Read more [...]
Thousands of foreign-trained nurses can now practise in Canada as provinces change licensing rules
Several provinces in Canada are passing regulations to change licensing rules which will allow thousands of foreign-trained nurses to practice in their provinces. For more information click here!