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Lauren Taylor

  • Bioethics

    Bioethics on the Ballot

    By Lauren Taylor In addition to the closely-watched senate and gubernatorial candidates, 146 ballot questions were up for vote yesterday in 42 states across the nation. Below is a review of the some of the…

    Bioethics on the Ballot

  • Health Care Reform

    How much promise do safety-net ACOs really hold?

    By Lauren Taylor The Health Affairs blog recently published an important write-up of the status of safety net ACOs. Therein, authors James Maxwell, Michael Bailit, Rachel Toby and Christine Barron offer five “key observations regarding…

    How much promise do safety-net ACOs really hold?

  • Doctor-Patient Relationship

    What’s to become of population health?

    By Lauren Taylor When the accountable care organization (ACO) model was initially conceptualized, many in the health policy world hoped it could provide a platform for real transformation of US health care. Among the ACO…

    What’s to become of population health?

  • Bioethics

    PRIM&R 2013 Advancing Ethical Research conference report: The Value of Hope and the Therapeutic Misconception

    By Lauren A. Taylor, Coordinator for Health and Religion in the Global Context, Harvard Divinity School and co-author of The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More Is Getting Us Less(PublicAffairs, 2013). Following his keynote address, on which…

    PRIM&R 2013 Advancing Ethical Research conference report: The Value of Hope and the Therapeutic Misconception

  • Bioethics

    PRIM&R 2013 Advancing Ethical Research conference report: Who is responsible for the body?

    By Lauren A. Taylor, Coordinator for Health and Religion in the Global Context, Harvard Divinity School and co-author of The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More Is Getting Us Less(PublicAffairs, 2013). Who is responsible for the…

    PRIM&R 2013 Advancing Ethical Research conference report: Who is responsible for the body?