Changing life as we know it; AI in hospitals; renovate to age in place; help us fight misinformation
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November 14, 2024
Changing Life as We Know It Event will explore the role of genetic modification and our understanding of humanity.
Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be a keynote speaker for the FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Symposium, a public event on November 16 in Manhattan. What are the ethical issues surrounding genetic modification? How do we define – and regulate – the line between benefit and harm? In what ways do these possibilities force us to make decisions about the value of life and impose judgments about what makes a life worth living – or even what is considered “normal”? Learn more and register.
Leaked Training Data Shows How Doctors Are Using AI What should patients know?
Hospitals are increasingly using AI to streamline administrative tasks, and some are considering how it might be used with patients, including in detecting cancer, according to a leaked training presentation from New York State’s largest health care provider. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky told 404 Media that patients should know how AI is being used in their care. “It’s a matter of building trust in these systems, and being respectful of patient autonomy and patients’ right to know.” Read the article.
How to Renovate to Age in Place A worthy investment since "aging lasts a long time."
Most people want to age in place, but just 4% of housing stock in the United States is accessible for older adults, says Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger in an interview with Money about home renovations that can make aging in place possible.To appreciate the changes our bodies may go through as we age, she notes that the age gap between a newborn and a 30-year-old is the same as that between someone who is 65 and 95 years old. "Remember that aging lasts a long time.” Read the article.
Hastings Fellow Elected to National Academy of Medicine Cohen commended for work in bioethics and health law.
I. Glenn Cohen was elected to be one of the 2024 members of the National Academy of Medicine. Cohen, a Hastings Center fellow who is deputy dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, was recognized for “scholarship on bioethics and health law in the U.S. and globally, including pioneering work on AI/big data and health, abortion, reproductive rights and technologies, therapeutic use of psychedelics, and LGBTQ rights.” Learn more.
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Changing Life as We Know It--Exploring the Role of Genetic Modification and Our Understanding of Humanity. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be a keynote speaker at the FASPE symposium in New York. November 16.
Bioethics Must Address War as a Health Crisis. Webinar with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. December 4.
Ethics at the Very Core of Research and Clinical Practice. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present a lecture at the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine conference. December 7.
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