#medical-decision-making

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US politics
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

A Red State's High Court Gave Sam Alito the Dobbs Rejoinder He Deserves

Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion ban, finding the constitutional right to make medical decisions protects abortion access.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

A Controversial Legal Process Turned This Family's Tragedy Into a Nightmare-and It's More Common Than You Think

Guardianship can transfer control of incapacitated adults' medical care and finances to others, profoundly shaping their lives and assets.
#traditional-medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Medicine

What AI doesn't know: we could be creating a global knowledge collapse' | Deepak Varuvel Dennison

Traditional remedies can yield unexpected medical results, revealing limits of digital medical authority and prompting reevaluation of trust between traditional practice and AI-era information.
fromAeon
3 months ago
Philosophy

Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays

A father's traditional herbal treatment coincided with the disappearance of a tongue tumour, prompting reassessment of trust in traditional remedies versus digital medical authority.
fromAeon
3 months ago
Philosophy

Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays

Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Parental influence, particularly from mother Kate Shemirani, contributed to a 23-year-old woman's refusal of chemotherapy, likely causing her death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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