numerous videos: the Hastings Center - A Conversation with Leaders in Bioethics and Genetics | Help with Hard Questions

A Conversation with Leaders in Bioethics and Genetics | Help with Hard Questions

book review: Do bioethics really matter? : Malignant: Medical Ethicists Confront Cancer - The Lancet

Do bioethics really matter? : The Lancet

press release: Bioethics gets personal with Hastings' consumer website and Hastings-NOVA special PBS March 28th

Bioethics gets personal with Hastings' consumer website and Hastings-NOVA special

The Hastings Center

Bioethics gets personal with Hastings' consumer website and Hastings-NOVA special

(Garrison, NY) Will genetic testing and personalized medicine change the way you think about your life? Should it? What can you really learn about your future from direct-to-consumer genetic tests–or even from whole genome scanning, which is becoming increasingly affordable? And what about your privacy: how well is your genetic information protected?
These and other bioethics issues are raised in Cracking Your Genetic Code, a NOVA special produced in association with The Hastings Center that airs on PBS on March 28, at 9 pm/8c. And the discussion continues at Help with Hard Questions, The Hastings Center's first website created for the general public. Help With hard Questions is an online community that aims to help people think through the ethical dimensions of dilemmas arising from advances in science and medicine–advances like genetic screening and personalized medicine, as well as reproductive technologies, children's mental health, and advanced illness.
"Advances in medicine and science hold tremendous promise," says Mary Crowley, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at The Hastings Center. "But they also raise new questions about such issues as sharing the results of genetic tests with family and balancing caretaking with other responsibilities

Dresser appointed to NIH (U.S.) advisory committee | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

"...Dresser, an expert in biomedical ethics, holds a joint appointment at the law school and at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, teaching law and medical students about legal and ethical issues in end-of-life care, biomedical research, genetics, assisted reproduction and related topics......She has written extensively in her field and is the co-author of a casebook on bioethics and law and a book on the ethical treatment of animals. She also is the author of a book on patient advocacy and research ethics......Dresser also is a prolific speaker and panelist at national and international symposia, conferences and workshops on such topics as bioethics and cancer; advance treatment directives; stem cell research; biomedical research policy; and human cloning."