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A Precautionary Approach to Touch in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Bill of Health

We call on those promoting psychedelic therapies to uphold the field and patient safety ethically and effectively through rigorous evidence generation, improved training, evidence-informed standard setting, and external licensing/practitioner oversight.

Bioethics 359
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The Legal and Ethical Imperative of Explicit Consent in Intimate Medical Procedures

AIHC

Medical boards, institutions, facilities, and universities must be held accountable for violations, with penalties such as fines, suspensions, or revocation of licenses. She has a published article on this topic in Voices in Bioethics , November 2023. Voices in Bioethics , 9. Institutional Reforms 1.

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When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

Bill of Health

As to the claim of ineffectiveness, there is more than enough evidence by ordinary epidemiologic standards to license the conclusion that mask mandates are an effective intervention for pandemic response and control). Rather, the more important mistake is that these propositions are actually the warrant for mask mandates.

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The New “Paging Dr. Google?” DTC-AI for Health Care

Jane Sarashon

This can be done channeling AI-assisted care through licensed health care professionals “or” autonomous AI agents, he writes. Mandl then explains that technology-driven direct-to-consumer companies, such as Amazon, may be able to fast-track DTC AI-embedded health care.

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New Portable MRI Revolutionizing Brain Research Demands Ethical and Legal Innovation

Bill of Health

Our Working Group arrived at 15 recommendations, including: High standards to become an MRI investigator: We require a license to drive, and similarly each member of the pMRI research team should have demonstrated competence to carry out their research role before they scan.

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A Human Rights Approach to Personal Information Technology

Bill of Health

Either way, the ability to freely choose one’s partner or licensed fiduciary is a core human right. Alice can delegate permission to access her personal information to the agent or consultant of her choice. The agent can be informal, such as a spouse or caregiver, or legally bound as a fiduciary, such as a doctor.

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What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos

Bill of Health

To protect against individuals or corporations utilizing these cells for profit, ála the Henrietta Lacks story, sophisticated informed consent, and licenses should surely be developed, along with directives on responsibility for maintenance, warehousing, and disposal., The original article can be found here.

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