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Equitable Treatment and Care: Ethical AI Initiative Poised to Test Recommendations
There is broad agreement about the need to address ethical problems in the development and use of artificial intelligence systems in healthcare. The Center for Practical Bioethics is tackling the challenge of how to go about it using a novel approach that’s inviting widespread interest and buy-in.
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Bioethics Newsletter Winter-Spring 2022
Read about our 2022 annual event, Art of the Wish; updates on the Ethical AI and civic engagement projects; Vision to Action award winner, Brian Carter; and more.
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Center for Practical Bioethics What Would Be Your Wish for Our World?
“. . . what would you wish for the world if you were an elder? Can you imagine what your grandmother or grandfather might wish?”
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2022 Vision to Action Award
Brian Carter, MD
Vision to Action Award Goes to Pioneer in Pediatric Palliative Medicine and Ethics -
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Our CEO quoted in news article: Man denied heart transplant because he won’t get vaccinated against COVID
Medical experts say it’s not a matter of principle, but of survival.
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Becoming a Living Organ Donor
Becoming a Living Organ DonorA Path to Recovery and Meaning The first step in determining Lindsey Jarrett’s eligibility to donate a kidney to her friend’s father was a psychiatric evaluation. Did she know the donation would not benefit her? Did she understand the risks? Was she being coerced? Many people might wonder what motivates a… -
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IN MEMORY of Sarah (Liza) Rowland Townsend, JD, MSW
Sarah Rowland Townsend, a member of our Board of Directors and an extraordinary human being, died at her home in Kansas City, Missouri on November 26. When Liza (as many of us knew her) was younger, her father, Landon Rowland, would send her articles from the Hastings Center Report, British Medical Journal and JAMA. She… -
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Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmates’ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely
Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmates’ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely March 17, 2021 Featuring John Carney, CEO The New York Times John Carney was quoted in the New York Times from a much longer interview with the authors, Ann Hinga Klein and Derek M. Norman, on prisoner access to vaccines. View More -
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US experts tackle ethical dilemmas posed by the vaccine rollout
US experts tackle ethical dilemmas posed by the vaccine rollout March 15, 2021 Featuring Terry Rosell, PhD Al Jazeera Terry Rosell was one of three experts interviewed for a piece in Al Jazeera by Phil Devitt on ethical dilemmas posed by the vaccine rollout. View More -
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Meatpacking plant workers prioritized for vaccines
Meatpacking plant workers prioritized for vaccines March 4, 2021 Featuring John Carney, CEO, and Terry Rosell, PhD Wyandotte Daily John Carney and Terry Rosell were both quoted in a Wyandotte Daily piece, “Meatpacking Plant Workers Prioritized for Vaccines.” View More
