By Sabine Salloch Healthcare is being increasingly recognized as a major emitter of greenhouse gases in industrialized societies. It accounts for approximately 5 percent of national carbon budgets. Whereas some countries already adopted national climate strategies targeting at a net-zero healthcare other governments still struggle with finding appropriate pathways. This is not surprising as, on […]
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Clinical ethics: looking backwards, thinking forwards
By R Mohindra, S Louw Our paper is primarily an audit of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Clinical Ethics Advisory Group (CEAG). But it has several threads including: The nature of the workflow for the clinical ethics committee including volume and complexity over time; The impact of the relatively recent changes, including principles of approach, […]
Should artificial intelligence guide surrogate decisions in healthcare?
By Marco Annoni. Artificial intelligence (AI) may soon be able to predict which treatments a patient would prefer to receive—or refuse. Among the many applications of AI in healthcare, one of the most promising is its potential to support substitute decision-making. Substitute decisions are required when patients lack the capacity to make informed decisions for […]
To succeed as an innovation hub, we need ground rules for ethical use of AI tools
By Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Brian D Earp and Julian Savulescu. Republished with permission from the Straits Times After a severe bout of Covid-19, a colleague, Sumeeta, found herself facing an unexpected challenge. Despite her intact verbal intelligence and reasoning skills, she suddenly struggled with the mechanics of writing. Constructing grammatical sentences and coherent paragraphs now […]