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Video Series: Dominic Wilkinson on Conscientious Objection in Healthcare

by Katrien Devolder
May 20, 2016May 24, 2016

Associate Professor and Consultant Neonatologist Dominic Wilkinson (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) argues that medical doctors should not always listen to their own conscience and that often they should do what the patient requests, even when this conflicts with their own values.

The Way Forward: Mapping Brains and Finding Direction

by Regina Rini, New York University
February 22, 2013

According to a recent report in the New York Times, the United States government will soon announce plans to fund the Brain Activity Map. Modelled on the highly successful Human Genome Project, the Brain Activity Map is an effort to identify functional networks of neurons, possibly leading to a full understanding of how mental processes… Read More »The Way Forward: Mapping Brains and Finding Direction