Nowadays, humankind is facing what we often call digital reality, with the ever-increasing uses of digital technologies in almost all sectors of life. While these technologies promise convenience and practicality, the gaps in network availability and infrastructure, the differing capacity and maturity in using the technologies remain challenging, as do the ethical implications and threat of dehumanization due to the technological revolution and extensive emphasis and reliance on data (“big data”). read more

Raboan Discussion Forum on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 was presented by two excellent collaborator of Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities UGM:  Prof. dr. Zabidi Hussin and Asocc. Prof. dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Ph.D. Prof. Zabidi is a Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Paediatrics at International Medical University, Malaysia. In this Raboan he told his own experiences on managing a patient with metachromatic leukodystrophy that has been written in a book titled perilous genes.  Asocc. Prof. dr. Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Ph.D,  Deputy Director of Center for Research Excellence, Perdana University later gave the medical explanation about the disease from the pathogenesis until the treatment options. This event was moderated by dr. Rusdy Ghazali Malueka, Sp.S(K), Ph.D from Neurology Department Sardjito General Hospital – FMPHN UGM. read more

Raboan Online held by Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanity (CBMH) on Wednesday (6/10) was back with a topic very much relevant to the world situation this day, “Ethical Aspects in COVID-19 Vaccination”.

The speaker on this afternoon was Dr. dr. Iqbal Mochtar, MPH, MKKK, DipiCard, DoccMed, Sp.Ok, who is based in Qatar and is the Head of Middle East Indonesian Doctors Association, who also oftentimes talks about ethical issues in medicine. All the while, dr. Nur Azid Mahardinata from CBMH tackled the role of moderator in this discussion. read more

Weekly discussion forum, Raboan Online, held by Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanity (CBMH) on Wednesday (14/07) invited Indonesia Vice Minister of Law and Human Rights, Prof. Dr. Edward O.S. Hiariej, S.H., M.Hum., as a speaker on a discussion about Medical Dispute Dynamics, with dr. Darwito, Sp.B(K)-Onk, S.H., accompanying as moderator.

Medical dispute is a dispute between two or more parties about a law incident that is happening on a medical setting, one example being a malpractice.

According to the speaker who is familiarly known as Prof. Eddy, malpractice from the eyes of a law expert could be different from the medical perspective, where there are elements that should be fulfilled for a case to be judged as a malpractice. Prof. Eddy proceeded to emphasize that even then, a jurist can not decide the occurrence of a malpractice without the help of internal investigation by professional organizations of doctors themselves. read more