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  • Assuming there is a drug that makes a person extremely empathetic this house believes that the state should lace the country's water supply with the drug.

    10th UOW-M-KDU Interschool Debates (KIDs) BP 2021 · Open Final · 2021-07-29

  • Assuming feasibility this house would develop non-sentient artificial intelligence that imitates deceased loved ones in appearance personality and mannerisms

    WSDC Macau Online 2021 · School Final · 2021-07-28

  • This house believes that the health professionals should fight against the hegemonic vision of heroic medicine to replace it with human medicine.

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    The heroic version of Medicine is one in which health professionals have been culturally considered heroic whose mission is to save our lives. INFOSLIDE 2: The human version of Medicine is one that recognizes the limitations of health professionals and whose motto is 'heal when you can alleviate sometimes accompany always'.

    Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español Ecuador 2021 · 1 · 2021-07-25

  • Assuming reasonably sufficient access to PPE this house believes that it is morally legitimate for healthcare workers to opt out of treating patients during a pandemic (Hypocritical)

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    HELP University's Asian Secondary Schools Online English Debate Challenge 2021 · Open Final · 2021-07-08

  • That we support transhumanism

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    Transhumanism is a movement that aims to artificially improve humans, e.g. making them stronger, smarter, healthier, more moral, better at debating, etc. through means like artificial organs and genetic engineering.

    ANU Summer 2021 · Round 3 · 2021-07-01

  • This Parliament believes that representation of ordinary citizens should be included in the Medical Ethics Board.

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    The MEDICAL ETHICS BOARD is a clinical decision of healthcare organizations and professionals (such as informed consent, organ donation, abortion, and withdrawal of end-of-life treatment) and institutional decisions (such as approving medical research, prioritizing limited medical resources, and disciplining staff). These boards are usually made up of people with relevant expertise, including doctors, nurses, lawyers, biologists and social workers.

    EBDP INTER SCHOOL NATIONALS CHAMPIONSIP · Open Quarters · 2021-06-25

  • This house would abolish the Goldwater Rule

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    The Goldwater rule is Section 7 in the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Principles of Medical Ethics, which states that psychiatrists have a responsibility to participate in activities contributing to the improvement of the community and the betterment of public healThis house, but they should not give a professional opinion about public figures whom they have not examined in person, and from whom they have not obtained consent to discuss their mental health in public statements.

    Mayon Open Debate Cup 2021 · Open Octos · 2021-06-25

  • This Parliament regrets conducting the Stanford Prison Examinations.

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) was a social psychology experiment influenced by the Milgram experiment that attempted to investigate the psychological effects of perceived abilities that focused on fighting between inmates and prison officials. It was conducted for six days from 15-20 August at Stanford University by a research team of college students led by Philip Zimbardo, Professor of Psychology. In the study, volunteers were recruited as 'guards' or 'prisoners' by reversing a coin. Zimbardo himself served as superintendent in a fake prison. Several 'prisoners' dropped out in the middle of the experiment, and the whole experiment was abandoned six days later.

    EBDP INTER SCHOOL NATIONALS CHAMPIONSIP · 4 · 2021-06-25

  • This house believes that prominent liberal figures of gender minorities should not speak out about their regret after choosing to undergo significant medical procedures they advocated for (e.g. feminist activists regretting getting abortions, trans individuals regretting sex reassignment, etc.)

    Mayon Open Debate Cup 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-06-25

  • In countries with private healthcare, this house supports the creation of hospitals with free healthcare where there’s a random chance patients participate in government research trials in addition to receiving treatment.

    KCL Open · 4 · 2021-06-19

  • This house as the medical community would strongly support the commercialisation of nutraceuticals

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    Nutraceuticals are products that are derived from food sources purported to provide extra health benefits in addition to the basic nutritional value found in food. Scientific researches have been made to analyse the potential of its ingredients to be used as alternative or in concord with conventional medicine. Most regulatory bodies only classify these as food supplements. The products are labelled with 'No Therapeutic Claims.' Despite this, nutraceutical companies market its products with claims and testimonies that it can prevent chronic diseases, improve healThis house, delay the aging process, increase life expectancy, or support The structure or function of the body. Examples of available products are Malunggay Herbal Capsules Mangosteen Herbal Capsules, Prebiotics, Raspberry Ketones.

    Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · 2 · 2021-05-22

  • This house supports Dr. Chermann's choice to speak out about Sexton's medical history.

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    Jonathan Sexton is an Irish rugby union player and captain of Leinster Rugby and Ireland who played for Racing 92 in France between 2013 and 2015. He has scored over 900 points in his international career, making him one of the highest points-scorers in rugby union history. Former Racing 92 Neurologist Dr Chermann has come forward without consulting Sexton to say “I think Johnny Sexton has had around 30 concussions across his entire career. It’s true that it’s enormous"' '"If Sexton plays on Sunday, it’s sad for him. this is what really inspires me: sadness"". Dr Barry O’Driscoll is the former medical adviser to World Rugby who stepped down in 2012 to protest against the governing body’s concussion protocols - namely the head injury assessment (HIA) and current six-day return to play protocols. After Dr Chermann's statement, he came forward to again state that there is no scientific basis to the world rugby rules of allowing a player to play 6 days post head injury.

    Sports IV · Silver Final · 2021-05-08