Centre for Biomedical Ethics

C B m E & U

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CBmE&U is a podcast developed by the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore to promote awareness and debate in bioethics. The podcast showcases CBmE researchers interviewing members, visitors, and international guests on various topics in biomedical research and healthcare. Please subscribe through your streaming service to get updates on new podcasts! If you would like to use this content for teaching purposes, you are welcome to do so, but please present the material with the following credit statement: This content is from the...

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Palliative Care & Dealing with Death with Neo Han Yee 01.11.2024 50:26

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #7, Dr. Neo Han Yee (Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital) discusses his experience, learnings, and philosophies on palliative care and end-of-life practices. Han Yee answers questions about the meaning of death and life, whether suffering is valuable, the importance of intentionality in palliative care, and how m...

Traditional Chinese Medicine with Kathryn Muyskens 15.10.2024 31:16

Send us Fan Mail Episode #6 explores with Dr. Kathryn Muysken (Research Fellow, Centre for Biomedical Ethics) the ethics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Kathryn shares her expertise on what counts as TCM, the importance and humanity of TCM as distinct from Western medicine, whether the inexplicability of TCM is ethically problematic for patient autonomy and consent, and the vulnerability of...

Accountability & AI with Simon Chesterman 01.10.2024 37:56

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #5 of CBmE&U, Professor Simon Chesterman (David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore) chats with Sinead and James about the black-box problem with AI. Simon answers questions like, should we use beneficial AI even if we do not know how it made a decision? Who should be responsible if we do not know what...

LLM's & Bioethics with Sebastian Porsdam Mann 16.09.2024 31:33

Send us Fan Mail In Episode #4 of CBmE&U, Sinead and James interview visiting fellow Dr. Sebastian Porsdam Mann (Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen) on the use of large language models (LLM's) in bioethics. Sebastian discusses how and why to use LLM's in bioethics research and for incapacitated patients to provide consent, and how to wr...

Heart Health in Asia with Roger Foo 02.09.2024 38:55

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 3 of CBmE&U, hosts Sinead and Julian chat with Professor Roger Foo (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore) about Project RESET. Roger answers questions about heart health issues in Asia, the positive and negative impacts of personalised medicine, bridging racial gaps in knowledge, and whether we have free will. Remember people, be savv...

Medical AI & Health Law with Barry Solaiman 30.07.2024 31:21

Send us Fan Mail In the second episode of CBmE & U, Sinead and James interview Dr. Barry Solaiman (Associate Professor from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar). Barry answers questions such as how is AI being used in healthcare? What are the main ethical concerns with using AI in healthcare? And, can the law ensure the ethical implementation of AI in healthcare? For those interested in Barr...

Bioethics & Cultural Differences with Julian Savulescu 25.07.2024 34:48

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of CBmE&U! In this episode, together with guest Professor Julian Savulescu (Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics and director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at National University of Singapore), hosts Sinead and James discuss questions like what is ethics? Are there universal ethical values? How do we solve cultural differences i...