Medicine/Health

Data Science in the Time of COVID-19 | IEEE TechEthics Virtual Panel
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Data Science in the Time of COVID-19

This panel discusses several COVID-19-related data aggregations and visualization projects currently underway, as well as the social and ethical considerations that come with these efforts.
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The Ethics of AI in Healthcare

As artificial intelligence (AI) starts to get deployed in healthcare, what are the ethical considerations that need to be addressed to ensure that the benefits are worth the risk? Scientific American's Marriette DiChiristina moderates a discussion among panelists Bernie Meyerson, Shiva Kumar and John C. Havens, about how ethics should shape the way AI is used in our future healthcare systems.
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Engineering Ethics: Case Study in Biomedical Research

This course is designed to introduce engineers in the biomedical field to ethical considerations (e.g., use of human subjects in research) related to practice in this field. The author reviews the Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics and discusses a case study involving fabricated data and other ethical transgressions. He focuses on the ethical principles that were violated and offers suggestions on how biomedical engineers can avoid making similar errors.
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Is the Future of Humanity Bionic?

From as far back as Ancient Egypt in 1500 B.C., humans have explored ways to regain functionality due to limb loss. In this panel, experts discuss how advancements in limb prosthetics are helping to shape what it means to be human.
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Engineering Ethics: Biomedical Engineering

In this course the author discusses two codes of ethics that biomedical engineers can use as a reference when they confront ethical questions in professional situations. The author also provides a guided review of ethical decision-making using a case study in biomedical engineering. Several suggestions and additional references for improving ethical decision-making are offered.