Aim 2: To determine how those definitions will be applied in practice and what will their consequences be To clarify who, in practice, would or should apply these concepts to the individuals
During three days of the workshop, experts on the topic will discuss opportunities, obstacles, as well as ethical and social limits of smart home appliances in caregiving for older persons. Experts from both academia and the private sector will share...
Humanitarian organizations increasingly implement innovative technologies as they respond to the needs of communities affected by war, disaster or public health emergencies. However, technological innovation intersects with moral values, norms and commitments, and may challenge humanitarian imperatives. Therefore, an analysis...
Main purpose: Digitalisation and “datafication” are both a great challenge and a great opportunity for healthcare and biomedical research all over the world, as the current Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted. In this respect, every country faces – with some common...
Telemedicine —the delivery of healthcare services at distance using information and communication technologies— offers a safe and cost-effective way to address the healthcare needs of patients no matter where they are. This technical possibility is particularly promising in the current...
Gray areas remain on our scientific knowledge of COVID-19 which continues to afflict a significant portion of the world’s population. The acute impact is clear. Risks of infection and deaths are highest in the more disadvantaged and vulnerable sectors of...
Tuesday, August 17th, 2021 10h30: Chamberlin Christopher, University of California, Berkeley, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Fellow ICI Berlin, Bioethics – History of Medicine Toward a Subject of Racism: Case Histories from the Psychiatric Clinic (1930-1970) 10h50: Horstman Klasien, Maastricht...
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), including recourse to surrogacy, is inscreasingly being used for family formation. Children born through these methods have the same rights as all children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). More information on...
Outline of the Symposium: Present discussions on the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for medical practice and health research mostly target the passive collection of health data. This workshop proposal shifts the lens of analysis to the...
Organized by Tereza Hendl, Bianca Jansky, Niels Nijsingh and Verina Wild Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly utilized worldwide. These involve a diverse range of apps, wearables, implants and other digital devices that purport to improve health. While these technologies...