4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (159+ words) New in Bioethics Briefings: AI in Healthcare'The Hastings Center for Bioethics New in Bioethics Briefings: AI in Healthcare AI is quickly becoming a fixture in modern medicine. It writes clinical notes, answers patient messages, assists diagnoses, and even offers mental…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (14+ words) AI Toy Story: Potential Benefits and Risks of Chatbot Playmates'The Hastings Center for Bioethics...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (191+ words) The question of empathy in AI-generated messages presents a particularly complex ethical challenge. While AI systems can be programmed to use empathetic language patterns and respond to emotional cues in patient communications, this raises fundamental questions about the nature of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (383+ words) Pouring through the Lewis Thomas papers in Princeton's Firestone Library is to engage in time travel back to mid-century America, a time that seems quite distant these days. But each trip back in time can be rewarding, reminding us of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (168+ words) Incidental Brain Findings Spark Ethical Debate in Neuroimaging Research'The Hastings Center for Bioethics Incidental Brain Findings Spark Ethical Debate in Neuroimaging Research Large neuroimaging studies sometimes reveal unexpected brain abnormalities in about 3% of research participants who appear healthy. A recent…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (231+ words) Addressing Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging Studies: Never Easy, Rarely Rescue'The Hastings Center for Bioethics Addressing Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging Studies: Never Easy, Rarely Rescue ABSTRACT Population-wide neuroimaging studies reveal brain lesions in approximately 3% of putatively healthy research participants. It is…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (248+ words) Institutional Review Board Obligations Regarding Study Funding Sufficiency'The Hastings Center for Bioethics Institutional Review Board Obligations Regarding Study Funding Sufficiency ABSTRACT Given their obligations to ensure ethical research, we argue that institutional review boards (IRBs) bear a responsibility to minimize…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (200+ words) Bioethicists" Perspectives on Ethical Research: Results of the "Views in Bioethics Survey'The Hastings Center for Bioethics Bioethicists" Perspectives on Ethical Research: Results of the "Views in Bioethics Survey ABSTRACT Health research plays a crucial role in advancing medicine and public…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (197+ words) AI Agents Are Transforming Science Research'but Raise Ethical Red Flags'The Hastings Center for Bioethics AI Agents Are Transforming Science Research'but Raise Ethical Red Flags Without clear oversight, AI agents risk creating a dangerous "responsibility gap," experts warn. Artificial intelligence agents…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (268+ words) Mandating Evidence-Based Informed Consent Practices: A Critical Engagement with IRB Leader Focus Group Findings'The Hastings Center for Bioethics Mandating Evidence-Based Informed Consent Practices: A Critical Engagement with IRB Leader Focus Group Findings ABSTRACT Evidence-based informed consent practices'such as writing in…...