Most of us walk into a doctor’s office expecting three basics: respect, clear explanations, and control over what happens to our bodies. That’s not asking for a lot. It’s the minimum standard for ...

Kitty te Riele is a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development at Victoria University. She guest-edited the special issue mentioned in the ...

Although the scientific research surrounding PGx has been relatively plentiful, the ethical research concerning this discipline has developed rather conservatively. Following a comprehensive ...

Shelby Jennett has a neuroscience major and a philosophy minor and she is the 2023-24 Honzel Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. The ...

"Perhaps the most influential ethical principle in contemporary biomedical practice is that informed consent is required for therapy and research. And yet empirical research confirms what virtually ...

Obtaining informed consent is a basic ethical obligation and a legal requirement for researchers. This requirement is founded on the principle of respect for persons. Potential participants must be ...

Brian Green is director of technology ethics and co-author of “Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap” (The ITEC Handbook). Views are his own. This article, "Should AI ...