Biomedical subjects

Andrew Lustig

Publications and source records attributed to Andrew Lustig.

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PubMed2004

Immortality.

In December, the President's Council on Bioethics released Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness. Here, Lustig discusses the six-part report that provides a balanced but critical assessment of actual and prospective developments in biotechnology and seeks to anchor its discussion in shared moral and metaphysical concerns--the nature of human nature, and the social and political implications of unfettered choices in altering the human prospect through biotechnology.

Advisory Committees↗

PubMed2003

Separated after birth.

Bioethics has developed against a backdrop of increased concern for human and civil rights, including the rights of patients to decide about their own treatment. The recent case of Laleh and Ladan Bijani, the twenty-nine-year old Iranian conjoined twins who died in a Singapore hospital on Jul 8, after more than fifty hours of surgery aimed at separating them, highlights the tensions between respect for patient autonomy and professional medical judgment.

Adult↗

PubMed2003

End-of-life decisions: a failure to communicate.

Lustig relates the importance of knowledge in bioethics and effective communication between patient and caregivers in dealing with dilemmas involved with therapy and end-of-life choices. He claims that it is necessary that the medical school curricula should incorporate specific strategies for better clinical communication, which may reduce the number of dilemmas encountered by professionals.

Communication↗