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Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis

Bill of Health

Panelists discussed these topics during a recent webinar hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. THC definitely mediates reward. By Minsoo Kwon The legalization of cannabis has raised ethical, regulatory, and scientific questions. CBD is distinct in mechanism and effects from THC.

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Injustice Anywhere: The Need to Decouple Disability and Productivity

Bill of Health

Current calls for attention to a disability bioethics or a disability epistemology have heralded not only highlighting, but also actively promoting, the qualities, leadership skills, and valuable character traits associated with surviving and thriving in a world fundamentally not set up for one’s own needs.

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Branding Dreams

Bill of Health

When TDI is hijacked by advertisers for commercial purposes, however, serious bioethical issues emerge. TDI has been found by sleep and dream experts to have various potential benefits , such as improving sleep quality, stimulating creativity, and treating addiction.

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Jane Sarashon

” An additional definition of the verb is, “ to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion.” The post Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools’ Curricula

Bill of Health

The authors of a 2017 review assessing the effectiveness of ethics education note that it is hard to draw conclusions from the existing data, describing the studies as “vastly heterogeneous,” and bearing “a definite lack of consistency in teaching methods and curriculum,” The authors conclude, “With such an array, the true effectiveness of these methods (..)

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Our Pandemic Lessons: Listening to Michael Dowling – a #HIMSS21 Wrap-Up

Health Populi

Scale matters to survive a public health crisis. Dowling pointed to the benefits of being a large integrated health care system with multiple hospitals, ambulatory care services and a broad portfolio of capabilities that enabled Northwell Health to be responsive to the needs of the pandemic and deal with the crisis.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

Yet, from another perspective, that of animal rights, scholars have endeavored to extend the refugee definition to animals such as elephants , arguing that they, too, are crossing borders in search of protection. Which animals do we protect?