Federal ruling informed by Hastings report, Caribbean voices, organ transplant eligibility
April 4, 2024
New Federal Ruling Informed by Hastings Center Report Findings Requires consent from patients before intimate exams.
A ruling issued this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires teaching hospitals to get written consent from patients before performing intimate medical exams. It was informed by findings published in the Hastings Center Report. The findings came from the first national survey on the frequency and demographics of the practice of doing pelvic and prostate exams on patients who were not asked for consent. An estimated that 3.6 million U.S. residents may have been affected in the previous five years. The practice was found to be equally prevalent among males and female patients, but it occurred nearly four times as often in Black patients as white patients. Read more.
Introducing Voices in Bioethics from the Caribbean Aim is to bridge language and socioeconomic barriers.
What does it take to assure that ecotourism to environmentally sensitive places is done ethically, taking into account its impact on local residents and local ecosystems? Should doctors tell breast cancer patients all their treatment options, even if one of those options is inaccessible because of a lack of resources? These are two of the ethical dilemmas explored in “Voices in Bioethics from the Caribbean Basin,” a new collection of eight essays produced by a joint program of The Hastings Center and the Caribbean Research Ethics Initiative (CREEi), funded by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. Read more.
Mental Illness Shouldn't Preclude Organ Transplant Eligibility Upcoming reforms can remedy this injustice.
A population of patients who could benefit from organ transplantation are rejected based on nonmedical criteria: diagnosis of a psychotic disorder. Upcoming reforms to the organ allocation system should remedy this injustice, discussed by Sana Baban, a project manager and research assistant at The Hastings Center, in Bill of Health. “Advocating for an inclusive and evidence-based approach in organ allocation is crucial to combating ableism and paternalism within the health care system and ensuring equitable access to life-saving treatment for all individuals, regardless of their mental health status.” Read the essay.
Artificial Intelligence for Safer Care: Opportunities and Challenges, the 2024 Bennathan Patient Safety Lecture, with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. April 10.
Polygenic Embryo Screening: The Promise and Perils of Selecting our Children's Traits, a webinar featuring Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky, Boston Museum of Science and Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. April 19.
Demystifying Medicine, a National Institutes of Health videocast with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. May 7.
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