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This editorial appears in the November 2025 Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Navigating conflict over medical decisions for children is a central theme in pediatric bioethics, an ever-present challenge for clinicians at the bedside and the topic of considerable scholarly work by bioethicists. Much of the debate focuses on what parents decide for […]
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Medical education has always relied on simulators. From wooden mannequins in the 17th century to the digital cadavers of today, physicians have long used different tools to practice care without consequence. But virtual reality (VR) changes the moral equation. When a headset can recreate the tremor of an elderly hand, the panic of an asthma […]