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Is it ever OK to jump the vaccine line? We asked an ethicist

Months before the US Food and Drug Administration even authorized the first Covid-19 vaccine, there were many conversations and debates going on about who should be put at the front of the line to get it. Different advisory panels and … Tęsti skaitymą

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Spain passes law allowing euthanasia

Spain has passed a law to legalise euthanasia, becoming the fourth country in Europe to allow people to end their own life in some circumstances. more

Paskelbta Gyvenimo pabaigos etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui Spain passes law allowing euthanasia yra išjungti

Three dads, a baby and the legal battle to get their names added to a birth certificate

Meet Ian Jenkins and his partners, Alan and Jeremy. They’re a „throuple“: a committed polyamorous relationship involving three people. And after a complicated and expensive court battle to all become legal parents, the trio are raising two toddlers in Southern … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui Three dads, a baby and the legal battle to get their names added to a birth certificate yra išjungti

More than a dozen slum residents in an Indian city say they thought they were being vaccinated. They were part of clinical trials

The white van arrived in slum areas of Bhopal, a city in central India, blasting a message over the speaker system that seemed too good to refuse: „Come and take the coronavirus vaccine and get 750 rupees ($10).“ More than … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Biomedicininių tyrimų etika | Komentarai įrašui More than a dozen slum residents in an Indian city say they thought they were being vaccinated. They were part of clinical trials yra išjungti

Mokyklų atstovas Žvirdauskas: kai kuriose įstaigose atsisako skiepytis net iki 20 proc. mokytojų, o ką mums, direktoriams, daryti?

Mokytojų bendruomenėje verdant aistroms dėl skiepijimo nuo COVID-19, daugėja atsisakančiųjų vakcinavimo. Sveikatos apsaugos viceministrė Ž. Simonaitytė sakė, kad klausimas dėl atsisakymo skiepytis kilo ir vakcinuojant medikus. „Atsakymo ieškoti turbūt turi ieškoti Žmogaus teisių komitetas. Kur yra riba tarp žmogaus teisės … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Neklasifikuota | Komentarai įrašui Mokyklų atstovas Žvirdauskas: kai kuriose įstaigose atsisako skiepytis net iki 20 proc. mokytojų, o ką mums, direktoriams, daryti? yra išjungti

Meet Elizabeth Ann the ferret: The first endangered American animal to be cloned

Scientists have cloned an endangered US animal for the first time, creating a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann from the frozen cells of an ancestor in a landmark achievement that boosts conservation efforts. She was born to a surrogate mother … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Neklasifikuota | Komentarai įrašui Meet Elizabeth Ann the ferret: The first endangered American animal to be cloned yra išjungti

Covid-19: World’s first human challenge trials to start in UK

Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world’s first Covid-19 „human challenge“ study, which will take place in the UK. The study, which has received ethics approval, will recruit 90 people aged … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Biomedicininių tyrimų etika | Komentarai įrašui Covid-19: World’s first human challenge trials to start in UK yra išjungti

Many doctors have negative perceptions of patients with disabilities — and that impacts quality of care, study finds

More than 82% of American doctors say they believe patients with significant disabilities have a worse quality of life than people who don’t have disabilities, according to a new study. Those negative perceptions can have big impacts on the quality … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai | Komentarai įrašui Many doctors have negative perceptions of patients with disabilities — and that impacts quality of care, study finds yra išjungti

Doctors hail first face and double hand transplant

Doctors in New York have performed the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant. Two face and double hand transplants have taken place before but both were unsuccessful. One patient died from complications and the other had their hands … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Organų ir audinių transplantavimas/Donorystė | Komentarai įrašui Doctors hail first face and double hand transplant yra išjungti

AI could make health care fairer—by helping us believe what patients say

In the last few years, research has shown that deep learning can match expert-level performance in medical imaging tasks like early cancer detection and eye disease diagnosis. But there’s also cause for caution. Other research has shown that deep learning … Tęsti skaitymą

Paskelbta Neklasifikuota | Komentarai įrašui AI could make health care fairer—by helping us believe what patients say yra išjungti