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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 ...
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Wrongfully Alive with Sreenivasan Chambers LLC
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Send us a text Should children be able to sue their birth parent? Is not being genetically related to your parents really that bad? And is every child always a blessing? In this episode, Sreenivasan Narayanan and Sathya Narayanan from Sreenivasan Chambers LLC talk about what should happen when children are conceived because someone was negligent, a…
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Send us a text Is ethics really just mob rule? Could ethics really be solved with asking millions of people what they think is right? Should an automated car get to decide who lives and who dies? In this episode, Dr. Edmond Awad from the Uehiro Oxford Institute and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at Oxford University to talk about mor…
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Religion & Bioethics with Anantharaman Muralidharan
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Send us a text Should religious views be a part of bioethics debates? Should doctors be able to conscientiously object on religious grounds to abortion or assisted dying? And would excluding religious views be discriminatory or sometimes okay? In Episode #5, Dr. Anantharaman Muralidharan from the Centre for Biomedical Ethics discusses his research …
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Send us a text What is Daoism? What is to be in harmony with Dao? Is it just to roll with the punches or go with the flow? How can doctors use Daoism to better help their patients live with chronic illnesses? Is Daoism just jazz or does James just love scatting? Dr. Alexa Nord-Bronzyk from the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at NUS talks about her res…
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Send us a text What, if any, is the role of the masses in deciding who gets which kidney? Why should the public be involved in these ethical dilemmas? Should the public get to decide whether bioethics researchers keep their jobs? In episode #3, Professor Lucy Frith (Centre for Social Ethics & Policy, University of Manchester) answers these question…
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Human Genetic Enhancement with Sinead & James
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Send us a text In episode 2, and series first, James and Sinead banter their way through the ethics of human genetic enhancement. Many people think of this as designer babies, but whether we should genetically modify people requires us to ask deeper questions: what is it to live a good life? Is wanting a better life for your child always a good rea…
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Controversial Ethics with Peter Singer
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Send us a text In the first episode of 2025, Julian and Sinead interview Professor Peter Singer on his life's work and controversial ideas in bioethics and ethics more broadly. Peter discusses his favourite karaoke song, his legacy as a philosopher, utilitarianism, what morality requires of us, and how is views have changed over time. Peter discuss…
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Precision Medicine with Saumya Shekhar Jamuar
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Send us a text On this episode of CBmE, Sinead and James interview Associate Professor Saumya Shekhar Jamuar (Senior Consultant in the Genetics Service at KK Women's Children Hospital & Director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine). Saumya answer questions about what precision medicine is, whether you should use smart watches…
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Moderate Compassionate Antinatalism with Marcus Teo
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Send us a text In Episode 8, Sinead and James interview CBmE Doctoral Candidate Marcus Teo on his PhD analysing the ethics of having children (or not). Marcus answers questions about the antinatalist movement, his unique approach, and the difference between a life worth continuing from a life worth starting. Marcus asks us to consider whether we ca…
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Palliative Care & Dealing with Death with Neo Han Yee
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Send us a text 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…
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Traditional Chinese Medicine with Kathryn Muyskens
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Send us a text 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 patien…
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Accountability & AI with Simon Chesterman
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Send us a text 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 …
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LLM's & Bioethics with Sebastian Porsdam Mann
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Send us a text 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…
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Send us a text 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 …
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Medical AI & Health Law with Barry Solaiman
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Send us a text 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…
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Bioethics & Cultural Differences with Julian Savulescu
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Send us a text 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 va…
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