Bioethics News.It’s never a good time for another bout of genetic determinism, but it’s hard to imagine a worse one than this. Social inequality gapes, exacerbated by climate change, driving hostility towards immigrants and flares of militant racism. At such a juncture, yet another expression of the discredited, simplistic idea that genes alone control human nature seems particularly insidious. And yet, here we are again with Blueprint, by educational psychologist Robert Plomin.
#Bioethics News: A new congressional report claims that WHO’s guidelines on treating pain were directly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, including a set of directions for prescribing powerful painkillers that appear to have been taken #PurduePharma
#Bioethics News: Plastic surgeons’ Instagram accounts of the weekend trip didn’t note the drug company’s sponsorship, which some ethicists say should be disclosed. https://t.co/JHQKMcbntP
#Bioethics News: A common dietary supplement may help overcome mutations in the Pten gene. Should patients take it?
https://t.co/nYrAUjcqYz
"A choice architect nudges people when she deliberately steers them in a specific direction..."
from Bart Engelen's TA about Health-Promoting Nudges. Read the whole thing via https://t.co/Twax8sTGdV
#behavioraleconomics #nudges #choicearchitecture #healthpromotingnudges
#Bioethics News: The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose. https://t.co/mvOpqXjzxS
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