At @AarhusUni the medical students have a course on' Ethics and difficult choices.' It was a pleasure to give the lecture on organ donation this morning. #bioethcs
My personal opinion on abortion is the same as assisted dying-safe, legal, and hopefully very rare.
With stem cell therapy, cloning and Elon's neural-link we DO need to talk bioethcs and *well away from being weaponized politically*
I think it's time for a reminder. 1/
Elements of consent: your expressed, informed and explicit consent (voluntary) must be obtained priorto treatment. Without consent it is considered assault under the Criminal Code of Canada. Consent given under fear or duress is not consent.
Ook NL schaadt de Unesco universal declaration of rhe bioethcs and and human rights 2005 art. 6, in het leven geroepen na WOII!!!
Gaan we daar de slachtoffers over een aantal jaar ook van herdenken?
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I just wrote about "VIPs" in a Bioethcs class. In pathology, I would sometimes find "VIP" notes from physicians submitting bx of relatives. I'm not treating your relatives differently, all people are very important.
Admitting patients to the “V.I.P. luxury” hospital floor just feels yucky.
The concept may make sense in a salon, but when it comes to health, no one should receive less respect or attention based on the number of zeros in a bank account.
My father would have been 95 today. The most important man to me in bioethcs and science. He introduced me to Wendell Berry and agriculture systems and I miss him daily. His influsence inspired Roger Payne & zoologists nationwide. I'll make him an apple pie in celebration.