Should medical decisions be crowd-sourced by online petitions? - TopicsExpress



          

Should medical decisions be crowd-sourced by online petitions? Read more: ow.ly/vtrrM. Share your thoughts with us in 30-second video comment here: ow.ly/vrP5i and/or in the comments section below. On Monday, April 7 at 19:30 GMT: Online petitions are used more and more by families who want to pressure the government and drug companies to intervene on behalf of loved ones. These social media campaigns raise serious questions. Bioethicists say the “compassionate use” argument could have damaging effects to the way healthcare is provided. We will ask is it right and just for social media to play a role in medicine?
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:00:12 +0000

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