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The PHERCC matrix. An ethical framework for planning, governing, and evaluating Risk and Crisis Communication in the context of Public Health Emergencies @ EACME 2023
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) is a current ethical issue subject to controversy, mainly due to the tension between individual liberty (a core component of fairness) and effectiveness. In this presentation, based on a paper published in the American Journal of Bioethics, we propose a consistent definition of the RCC process in public health emergencies…
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Development of an Ethical Framework for Infodemic Management @ International Conference on “Governing Social Listening in the context of Serious Health Threats”, Hong Kong 2023
I presented these slides at the International Conference on “Governing Social Listening in the context of Serious Health Threats”, 22-24 August 2023, organized by the University of Hong Kong, HK. Further work on this topic:https://osf.io/28d73/
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AI model GPT-3 (dis)informs us better than humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we create and evaluate information, and this is happening during an infodemic, which has been having marked effects on global health. Here, we evaluate whether recruited individuals can distinguish disinformation from accurate information, structured in the form of tweets, and determine whether a tweet is organic or synthetic,…
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The gift in donations @ VIU 2023
I presented these slides at the summer school on organ transplant ethics organized by VIU (Venice International University) in summer 2023. Further work on this topic: https://www.giovannispitale.net/il-dono-nelle-donazioni/ https://www.giovannispitale.net/the-influence-of-consent-models-donor-registries-and-relatives-decision-on-organ-donation-an-assessment-of-the-current-literature-der-einfluss-von-zustimmungsmodellen-spenderegistern-und-angeho/
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How to survive the end of the world (or at least of your own) @ VIU 2023
I presented these slides at the summer school on organ transplant ethics organized by VIU (Venice International University) in summer 2023. Caveat: it’s a very weird mix of evidence and personal experience – yup I am a bioethicist, but I also spent quite some time waiting for a transplant. But I would not be myself…
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Development of an Ethical Framework for Infodemic Management @ WHO CC meeting Rome 2023
I presented these slides at the14th Annual Meeting of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics (Rome 2023). Related resources The OSF repository: https://osf.io/28d73/The RevMaster GitHub code: https://github.com/that-ugly-cat/revmaster The RevMaster assessment (ongoing): https://that-ugly-cat-revbaster-base-revmaster-scfm1v.streamlit.app/
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The PHERCC Matrix. An Ethical Framework for Planning, Governing, and Evaluating Risk and Crisis Communication in the Context of Public Health Emergencies
Risk and crisis communication (RCC) is a current ethical issue subject to controversy, mainly due to the tension between individual liberty (a core component of fairness) and effectiveness. In this paper we propose a consistent definition of the RCC process in public health emergencies (PHERCC), which comprises six key elements: evidence, initiator, channel, publics, message,…
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WHO Expert Group on Ethical considerations on social listening and infodemic management
Scope The WHO expert group on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic management (EG) will advise WHO in producing guidance and related tools with respect to the ethical principles associated with social listening and other related infodemic management activities during health emergencies. In particular, the objectives of the EG on ethical considerations of social listening and infodemic…
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Can AI (dis)inform us better? An empirical ethics approach.
I presented these slides at the IBME Research Colloquium 2023. Here you find the deck and links to related resources (paper, software, protocol, …). If you attended the Research Colloquium, please do me a favour and fill in the evaluation survey. Related resources The preprint of the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11924The OSF repository (including software, data, wiki):…
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Patient narratives – a still undervalued resource for healthcare improvement
In recent years, patient narratives have attracted increasing attention as a valuable source of insights into the subjective experience of healthcare. This paper outlines a best-practice approach to the collection, analysis, and use of patient narratives, based on current literature and on the experience of developing the Swiss Database of Individual Patient Experiences (DIPEx). The…
