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George J. Annas is the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health, School of Medicine, and School of Law.
The AMA is responsible for maintaining the Code of Ethics, which consists of two parts: the Principles of Medical Ethics and Opinions of the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. [65] The role of physicians in patient's right to die is debated within the medical community, however, the AMA provided an opinion statement on the matter.
At the state level, privacy laws pertaining to the deceased vary significantly, but in general do not extend any clear rights of privacy beyond property rights. The relative lack of acknowledgment of post-mortem privacy rights has sparked controversy, as rapid technological advancements have resulted in increased amounts of personal information ...
Who gets to decide for the dead, such as this Egyptian mummy? AP Photo/Ric FeldThe remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to research. The tiny body ...
Death refers to the permanent termination of life-sustaining processes in an organism, i.e. when all biological systems of a human being cease to operate. Death and its spiritual ramifications are debated in every manner all over the world. Most civilizations dispose of their dead with rituals developed through spiritual traditions.
Arthur L. Caplan (born 1950) is an American ethicist and professor of bioethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. [1] [2]He is known for his contributions to the U.S. public policy, including: helping to found the National Marrow Donor Program; [3] [4] creating the policy of required request in cadaver organ donation adopted throughout the United States; helping to create the ...
The Supreme Courtoverturned Roe v.Wade on June 24, officially ending federal protections for abortion in the United States.Social media quickly erupted, and a video of journalist Ana Kasparian's ...
She is a founding member of the American Society for Bioethics Consultation, on which she currently serves, [13] [14] and American Society for Bioethics and Humanities's Clinical Ethics Consultation Affairs standing committee, [15] and most recently, the Ethics Advisory Board of the Human Brain Project's Ethics and Society Subproject, [16] [17 ...