Asia Pacific Bioethics Education Network (APBEN)

#Bioethics in review. Checkout the link below for the top bioethics stories of the past year. #ArtificialInteligence takes the top spot and will feature at the upcoming #APBEN2020 meeting #meded #ethics bioethics.net/2019/12/top-te…

Happy New Year from #APBEN! We are now just three months away from the conference!

AI in #healthcare continues to take shape as industries in the region rush to develop technologies. But AI diagnoses will encounter stumbles raising #bioethics questions about how to weight the #medical benefits against the costs #ethics #meded #APAC link.springer.com/article/10.100…

RT @DrDEMartin: Thanks ⁦@SSNDeakin⁩ 4 establishment grant which made our #interdisciplinary workshop on #ethics of human tissue banking & a…

Congratulations to #APBEN member and #APBEN2020 guest speaker @dedcena (Dr. Evie Kendal) for her Best Abstract Award at Transplantation week! #ethics #bioethics @APACEthics

Checkout this podcast on #bioethics issues in #GeneEditing from #APBEN202 speaker Dr. Robert Klitzman. #ethics #MedEd #APBEN #asiaethics #TechnologyNews

Sharing this article on #mentalhealth decriminalization in #malaysia. Treatment of depression requires appropriate care and continual research. As a region, our #ethics approach to this issue continues to evolve. #meded #asiaethics #bioethics channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/mala…

Amazing movie from #Japan and one we reference in our curriculum to teach about #bioethics in #braindeath and #lifesustaingtreatment #MedEd #film #education #ethics youtube.com/watch?v=XO4Q1p…

Interesting piece in @GuardianAus on the difficulties for doctors difficulties in directing #elderlycare patients to nursing homes. This comes as the #APAC region sees an aging population with growing #bioethical issues. #meded #asiaethics #ethics theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Another installment about attitudes on #plasticsurgery. The article in @AsianBioethics takes a look at differences in attitudes towards plastic surgery among students in three different asian cultures. #ethics #bioethics #MedEd #asiaethics link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A heartbreaking story from #Japan about child violence serves as a reminder that dampened cultural issues often come to ahead in the hospital where #healthcare workers must treat those involved with informed and #ethical responses #bioethics #meded scmp.com/week-asia/peop…

Interesting article in @IndJMedEthics on the #ethics of patients in #India seeking #Mentalhealth treatment who do not have access. The article investigates the paths and challenges in receiving #care #bioethics #meded #healthcare ijme.in/articles/we-so…

Check out this amazing book on incorporating pop-culture into #medicaleducation and #ethics education written by #APBEN member and #APBEN2020 speaker Dr. Evie Kendal (@dedcena). #Bieothics #MedEd #medtwitter palgrave.com/gp/book/978331…

The #Dutch doctor in the #euthansia case of a patient with dementia was acquitted. The ruling carries implications for the #ethics and permissibly of #PhysicianAssistedSuicide as more countries, including #singapore, discuss the idea #MedEd #bioethics bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Long-read version of my recent piece in @accountingtoday on whose job it is to prevent fraud — thanks to @RodBoydILM @retheauditors @WallStCynic @Dan_David44 Caryn Schechtman, Michele Johnson, Emily Alexander, and others who shared their thoughts crm.marcumbp.com/china-accounti…

"Paying research participants is a widespread, long-standing, ethically acceptable, and perennially fraught practice." (from @NIHClinicalCntr's Christine Grady's editorial) Our September issue is all about paying research participants. Read it here: bit.ly/2kCi9YY

Continuing the conversation.... #APBEN member Dr. Evie Kendal (@dedcena) spoke with @TheNewDailyAu to give her perspective on the #ethics of #reproductivehealthcare use in previously age-restricted cases of #fertility #meded #APBEN2020 #bioethics thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2019…

Interesting news in @bioedge on IVF in a 73-year-old woman in #India. The case raises #ethical and #cultural questions on the meaning of childbirth and various views on the #ethics of #reproductivehealthcare and access concerns #bioethics #MedEd #MedTech bioedge.org/bioethics/73-y…

The photo gallery from #APBEN2019. A great meeting full of excited #Bioethics educators from the #APAC region and beyond #APBEN #ethics #APBEN2020 webapps.med.cuhk.edu.hk/apbpmed/APBP/2…

#APBEN Member Dr. Daniel Fu-Chang TSAI writes an impressive article of the ethics of gene editing with a regional perspective, a hot topic in the #Bioethics community #ethics #meded #Genetics #APBEN2020 researchgate.net/publication/33…