In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
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In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
#15 Jeff McMahan: On the ethics of choosing our children's genes
Bio(un)ethical
1 hour 27 minutes
10 months ago
#15 Jeff McMahan: On the ethics of choosing our children's genes
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jeff McMahan, Emeritus Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, about whether germline gene editing is ever morally preferable to embryo selection and whether and when we should control the genetic outcomes of our children. (00:00) Our introduction (06:48) Interview begins (10:06) Same-child choices and different-child choices (27:24) Against the comparative view (31:25) Against the impersonal view (38:33) In favor of the two-ti...
Bio(un)ethical
In this episode we speak with Dr. Bryan Carmody, pediatric nephrologist and associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. We talk about whether America really faces a doctor shortage, why people in areas with plenty of doctors still struggle to access care, whether proposed solutions can address the access problems many patients face, and how AI may affect these problems in the near future. (00:00) Our introduction (04:03) Rethinking the doctor shortage narrative (09...
