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Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D. to address Commission
Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D., an invited speaker at the 12th meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, has been a Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University for more than 30 years. Beauchamp has earned many accolades in the field of bioethics. [...]
Dennis Thompson, Ph.D. to address Commission
As the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues gathers in Miami to continue its discussion of the development of an ethical framework around the issue of pediatric medical countermeasures, Commission members will hear from additional experts in relevant fields. This afternoon Dennis F. Thompson, Ph.D., the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy [...]
Empowering Patients through Informed Consent
If your doctor recommended that you have your whole genome sequenced, you would likely have a lot of questions, including: Where will my data be stored? Who will have access to them? Will they be secure? Can I control who sees the information gathered from my data? How will my information be kept private? Is [...]
