Julian Sheather, The Guardian; Circumcision, patient trackers and torture: my job in medical ethics
"Monday
Modern healthcare is full of ethical problems. Some are intensely
practical, such as whether we can withdraw a feeding tube from a patient
in a vegetative state who could go on living for many years, or whether
a GP should give a police officer access to patient records following a
local rape.
Others are more speculative and future-oriented: will robots become
carers, and would that be a bad thing? And then there are the political
questions, like whether the Home Office should have access to patient
records. My job is to advise the British Medical Association on how we navigate these issues and make sure the theory works in practice for patients and healthcare professionals."
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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