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As we cautiously navigate an uncertain future, new ethical challenges emerge. A research article in this issue deals with the…
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Lay persons are not “lay” in Ethics Committees: Why the term merits ethical reconsideration

A recent Policy Paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) has argued that essential medical terminology in the health sector carries significant ethical importance [1]. By noting that using “provider” to describe “physicians” diminishes the profession and...

Integrating humanities into undergraduate medical curricula: A narrative review exploring focus areas, pedagogical design, and evaluation strategies

Background: Humanistic medical education is crucial, yet its implementation faces challenges due to inconsistent curricular focus, pedagogical approaches, and assessment methods. This review aims to identify key focus areas, effective pedagogical s...

Homebound: Discrimination romanticised

Homebound, 2025, Producers: Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra, and Adar Poonawalla, Executive Producer: Martin Scorsese, (based on a New York Times article by Basharat Peer from 2020), Dharma Productions, Director: Neeraj Ghaywan, Hindi, 2 hours, Released Se...

Superficial knowledge acquisition in the digital era: A call to re-embrace books

Over the past decade, academia has undergone a significant transformation in the manner in which knowledge is accessed, acquired and disseminated. Digital platforms, online resources and virtual learning tools and platforms have undoubtedly democratised education, ...

Responsible Health-AI: Complex scenarios from a humanities perspective

The mega-cultural age of artificial intelligence (AI) is theorised in this paper referring to the Heideggerian phenomenology of technology and cybernetics. Arguing that resisting the logic of its age is beyond a subfield of ethics, the paper draws attention to the ...

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