David Magnus
Biographic Data
| ID | 5993689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Magnus |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Magnus |
| SIGNATURE | MAGNUS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0528-7341 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Adam Omelianchuk, Alexander Morgan Capron, Lainie Friedman Ross, Arthur R. Derse, James L. Bernat, and David Magnus reply
This letter responds to letters by Garson Leder and by Harrison Lee in the same issue, September‐October 2024, of the Hastings Center Report
Neither Ethical nor Prudent
In transplant medicine, the use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in donation after circulatory determination of death raises ethical difficulties. NRP is objectionable because it restores the donor's circulation, thus invalidating a death declaration based on the permanent cessation of circulation. NRP's defenders respond with arguments that are tortuous and factually inaccurate and depend on introducing extraneous concepts into the law. …
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
Allocation of Opportunities to Participate in Clinical Trials during the Covid‐19 Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies
Covid‐19 raised many novel ethical issues including regarding the allocation of opportunities to participate in clinical trials during a public health emergency. In this article, we explore how hospitals that have a scarcity of trial opportunities, either overall or in a specific trial, can equitably allocate those opportunities in the context of an urgent medical need with limited therapeutic interventions. We assess the three main approaches to…
Recognizing the Role of Language in the Hidden Curriculum of Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical education involves a transition from “outsider” to “insider” status, which entails both rigorous formal training and an inculturation of values and norms via a hidden curriculum. Within this transition, the ability to “talk the talk” designates an individual as an insider, and learning to talk this talk is a key component of professional socialization. This Article uses the framework of “patterns of medical language” to explore the role o…
Digital Contact Tracing, Privacy, and Public Health
Digital contact tracing, in combination with widespread testing, has been a focal point for many plans to “reopen” economies while containing the spread of Covid‐19. Most digital contact tracing projects in the United States and Europe have prioritized privacy protections in the form of local storage of data on smartphones and the deidentification of information. However, in the prioritization of privacy in this narrow form, there is not sufficie…
Citizen Science and Gamification
According to the mainstream conception of research involving human participants, researchers have been trained scientists acting within institutions and have been the individuals doing the studying, while participants, who are nonscientist members of the public, have been the individuals being studied. The relationship between the public and scientists is evolving, however, giving rise to several new concepts, including crowdsourcing and citizen …
Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care — Addressing Ethical Challenges
We need to consider the ethical challenges inherent in implementing machine learning in health care if its benefits are to be realized. Some of these challenges are straightforward, whereas others have less obvious risks but raise broader ethical concerns.
A Defense of the Dead Donor Rule
Discussion of the “dead donor rule” is challenging because it implicates views about a wide range of issues, including whether and when patients are appropriately declared dead, the validity of the doctrine of double effect, and the moral difference between or equivalence of active euthanasia and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment. The DDR will be defined here as the prohibition against removal of organs necessary for the life of the patient…
The Potential Harms and Benefits from Research on Medical Practices
A commentary on “SUPPORT and the Ethics of Study Implementation: Lessons for Comparative Effectiveness Research from the Trial of Oxygen Therapy for Premature Babies,” by John D. Lantos and Chris Feudtner, in the January‐February 2015 issue
Innocent Fun or “Microslavery”
In 2011, Ingmar Riedel‐Kruse's bioengineering laboratory at Stanford University publicized an application that uses paramecia for what the researchers termed “biotic games.” These games make use of living organisms, computer programs, and lab equipment to implement games like Pong, Pac‐man, and soccer. Gamesand related activities are often considered nonserious or trivial, whereas life, biological systems, and science are treated very seriously i…
Stem Cell Research Should Be More Than a Promise
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3527590
The Modeling of Nature
Theory, practice, and epistemology in the development of species concepts
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Theory, practice, and epistemology in the development of species concepts
The Modeling of Nature
Stem Cell Research Should Be More Than a Promise
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3527590
Innocent Fun or “Microslavery”
In 2011, Ingmar Riedel‐Kruse's bioengineering laboratory at Stanford University publicized an application that uses paramecia for what the researchers termed “biotic games.” These games make use of living organisms, computer programs, and lab equipment to implement games like Pong, Pac‐man, and soccer. Gamesand related activities are often considered nonserious or trivial, whereas life, biological systems, and science are treated very seriously i…
The Potential Harms and Benefits from Research on Medical Practices
A commentary on “SUPPORT and the Ethics of Study Implementation: Lessons for Comparative Effectiveness Research from the Trial of Oxygen Therapy for Premature Babies,” by John D. Lantos and Chris Feudtner, in the January‐February 2015 issue
Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care — Addressing Ethical Challenges
We need to consider the ethical challenges inherent in implementing machine learning in health care if its benefits are to be realized. Some of these challenges are straightforward, whereas others have less obvious risks but raise broader ethical concerns.
A Defense of the Dead Donor Rule
Discussion of the “dead donor rule” is challenging because it implicates views about a wide range of issues, including whether and when patients are appropriately declared dead, the validity of the doctrine of double effect, and the moral difference between or equivalence of active euthanasia and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment. The DDR will be defined here as the prohibition against removal of organs necessary for the life of the patient…
Citizen Science and Gamification
According to the mainstream conception of research involving human participants, researchers have been trained scientists acting within institutions and have been the individuals doing the studying, while participants, who are nonscientist members of the public, have been the individuals being studied. The relationship between the public and scientists is evolving, however, giving rise to several new concepts, including crowdsourcing and citizen …
Digital Contact Tracing, Privacy, and Public Health
Digital contact tracing, in combination with widespread testing, has been a focal point for many plans to “reopen” economies while containing the spread of Covid‐19. Most digital contact tracing projects in the United States and Europe have prioritized privacy protections in the form of local storage of data on smartphones and the deidentification of information. However, in the prioritization of privacy in this narrow form, there is not sufficie…
Recognizing the Role of Language in the Hidden Curriculum of Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical education involves a transition from “outsider” to “insider” status, which entails both rigorous formal training and an inculturation of values and norms via a hidden curriculum. Within this transition, the ability to “talk the talk” designates an individual as an insider, and learning to talk this talk is a key component of professional socialization. This Article uses the framework of “patterns of medical language” to explore the role o…
Allocation of Opportunities to Participate in Clinical Trials during the Covid‐19 Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies
Covid‐19 raised many novel ethical issues including regarding the allocation of opportunities to participate in clinical trials during a public health emergency. In this article, we explore how hospitals that have a scarcity of trial opportunities, either overall or in a specific trial, can equitably allocate those opportunities in the context of an urgent medical need with limited therapeutic interventions. We assess the three main approaches to…
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
Editors' statement on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in scholarly journal publishing
The new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and especially the large language models (LLMs) of which ChatGPT is the most prominent example, have the potential to transform many aspects of scholarly publishing. How the transformations will play out remains to be seen, both because the different parties involved in the production and publication of scholarly work are still learning about these tools and because the tools themselves are s…
Adam Omelianchuk, Alexander Morgan Capron, Lainie Friedman Ross, Arthur R. Derse, James L. Bernat, and David Magnus reply
This letter responds to letters by Garson Leder and by Harrison Lee in the same issue, September‐October 2024, of the Hastings Center Report
Neither Ethical nor Prudent
In transplant medicine, the use of normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) in donation after circulatory determination of death raises ethical difficulties. NRP is objectionable because it restores the donor's circulation, thus invalidating a death declaration based on the permanent cessation of circulation. NRP's defenders respond with arguments that are tortuous and factually inaccurate and depend on introducing extraneous concepts into the law. …
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