Imagine using stem cells to create a fragment of a human brain in a petri dish. It has no eyes to see, no mouth to speak, and no body to move. It’s just a part of a brain, designed to do one small aspect of what a brain does, like respond to stimulation or generate […]
The September 18th, 2026, announcement from the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) is one of the most consequential changes to the religion’s medical doctrine in modern times. For decades, JWs were told to refuse transfusion of blood and its four principal components (red cells, white cells, plasma, and platelets). That’s no longer the case. […]
This editorial appears in the September Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Liougas et al.’s composite case study analysis of real-time location systems for dementia care in a residential care home setting highlights the ethical problems that follow when a technical system is introduced without a clear and collectively shared purpose. Despite the growing consensus […]
This editorial appears in the September Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in all aspects of clinical care, shaping how clinical information is gathered, notes are produced, and judgments are formed—often invisibly, and rarely disclosed to patients. Where disclosure does occur, it is typically procedural—a checkbox or boilerplate […]
