21 Aug 2018
A Hypothetical: An Ethical Dilemma
In the final episode our panel is faced with the question – what do you do when faced with a disease that changes a community’s desire for monogamous relationships? Should you vaccinate against promiscuity?
In this episode, in speaking order:
- Dr Julian Druce, Virus Identification Laboratory Head, Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, Doherty Institute
- Professor Kit Fairley, Director, Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic
- Dr Mike Catton, Medical Virologist, Director, Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, Doherty Institute
- Professor Fabienne Mackay, Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute
- Professor Julian Savulescu, Philosopher and Bioethicist, Oxford University
- Dr Katherine Gibney, Infectious Diseases Physician and Medical Epidemiologist, Doherty Institute
- Professor Brendan Murphy, Chief Health Officer, Australian Government
If you missed out on earlier episdoes, view the full panel discussion via the links below:
- Episode 1: Diagnosis
- Episode 2: A new frontier
- Episode 3: The twist in the tale