Air date: July 25, 2010

Host: Barbara Lewis

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Interview: Karl MacDorman, adjunct associate professor of engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Purdue University

Okay, we’re going to make a leap now, between medical ethics -- and avatars, be they blue, or some other color.

We were intrigued by a new study that looks at how humans relate to the computer-generated beings called avatars -- and how this might play a role in how doctors relate to patients and make ethical decisions.

So today, Sound Medicine’s David Crabb speaks with study’s authors: Karl MacDorman, PhD, associate professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Program at the School of Informatics at IUPUI.

Additional Resources:

• Read more about Dr. Karl MacDorman's medical ethics study in the IUPUI newroom.
• Sign up to participate in Dr.MacDorman's study.

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