Scenarios about 'medical ethics'
Medical ethics refers to the moral principles and values that guide decision-making in healthcare and medical research. It addresses complex issues such as patient autonomy, informed consent, confidentiality, resource allocation, and the balance between benefiting patients while avoiding harm. In alternate history scenarios, different developments in medical ethics can profoundly influence healthcare systems, scientific advancement, and societal attitudes toward human life and dignity.
What If Life Extension Technology Was Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where scientific breakthroughs in the early 2000s led to effective human life extension technologies, fundamentally transforming society, economics, and the human experience.
What If Organ Transplantation Was Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where functional organ transplantation became medically viable in the early 20th century, revolutionizing healthcare decades ahead of our timeline and fundamentally altering medical science and ethics.
What If Stem Cell Research Was Never Restricted?
Exploring the alternate timeline where embryonic stem cell research developed without political and religious restrictions, potentially revolutionizing medicine decades earlier.