Genetic testing for embryos, addressing climate change, Ukraine war and bioethics, medical education for health equity
March 30, 2022
Genetic Testing of Embryos
Understated Ethics, Unclear Utility
New technologies are expanding the reach and accessibility of genetic testing of human embryos before they are implanted for IVF. But what these advances can deliver is unclear, and a frank assessment of their profound ethical implications is urgently needed, concludes a commentary in Nature Medicine by Hastings Center director of research Josephine Johnston and presidential scholar Lucas Matthews. Read more.
Is It Possible to Have Healthy People on a Sick Planet? Register for Upcoming Event
How should we work to address climate change and other planetary threats to human health and survival? Gary Cohen, president of Health Care Without Harm, will discuss this question and more with Hastings Center President Mildred Solomon in the Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture on April 19 at noon Eastern Time. The annual lecture is supported by The John and Patricia Klingenstein Fund and The Andrew and Julie Klingenstein Family Foundation. Learn more and register for the virtual event.
Ukraine Invasion: Second Cold War, Resilience From Hastings Bioethics Forum
Envisioning that the war in Ukraine will restructure international relations in a second Cold War, Jonathan Moreno writes, “Bioethics will need to adapt to the conditions of the new Cold War, as it was shaped by the conditions of the last.” Read “Bioethics and the Second Cold War.”
Michael Murphy, an American bioethicist in Slovakia, which borders Ukraine, reports on the twin medical catastrophes of the war and the pandemic, the extreme burden on the health care system, and “wonder at the resilience of a people and a health care community under great emotional and moral distress.” Read “Resilience and the Twin Medical Catastrophes of War and Pandemic.”
Addressing Racism in Medical Education Takeaways from "Righting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequities"
“You have to embed structural practices in health professions education to dismantle racism in medicine,” said Priya Garg, associate dean of medical education at Boston University School of Medicine at a panel at the health equity summit sponsored by The Hastings Center earlier this year. Garg discussed several curriculum changes made at the medical school. Read more and watch a video of the panel.
Upcoming Events
"Is It Possible to Have Healthy People on a Sick Planet?" Gary Cohen will present the Callahan Annual Lecture, April 19.
"Ethical Issues We Have Faced Over the Pandemic and Lessons Learned." A talk by Hastings Center President Mildred Solomon at Yale. May 11.
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