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Nadia N. Sawicki

  • Bioethics

    Standards of Care and Patient Advocacy in Religiously Affiliated Hospitals

    By Nadia N. Sawicki The New York Times reported today that the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on behalf of Tamesha Means, a patient at Mercy Health Partners in…

    Standards of Care and Patient Advocacy in Religiously Affiliated Hospitals

  • Professional Regulation

    Doctors who DREAM: Clearing up Confusion on Citizenship Requirements

    By Nadia N. Sawicki Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine recently announced that it is accepting applications from DREAMers – undocumented immigrants who are eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which…

    Doctors who DREAM: Clearing up Confusion on Citizenship Requirements

  • Announcements

    Health Law Chair Position at Loyola University Chicago

    By Nadia N. Sawicki I’m pleased to announce that Loyola University Chicago School of Law is seeking to fill the recently created Bernard J. Beazley Chair in Health Law and Policy.  My colleagues and I at…

    Health Law Chair Position at Loyola University Chicago

  • End-of-Life

    Lethal Injection Drug Shortage Leads to Debate

    By Nadia N. Sawicki A recent article in the New York Times (“Death Row Improvises, Lacking Lethal Mix”) described the challenges that correctional departments in death penalty states face in obtaining the drugs needed for lethal…

    Lethal Injection Drug Shortage Leads to Debate

  • Empirical

    Is Paying For Medical Care Like Buying A Used Car?

    By Nadia N. Sawicki Two recent publications prompt me to ask this question. The first, forthcoming in JAMA Internal Medicine, is a study by Jaime Rosenthal, a student at Washington University in St. Louis.  Rosenthal and…

    Is Paying For Medical Care Like Buying A Used Car?

  • Bioethics

    Google, Whole Foods, and … Big Pharma?

    By Nadia N. Sawicki Google’s informal corporate slogan is “Don’t be evil.”  Whole Foods is a Fortune 500 company with a net revenue of 10 billion dollar that prides itself on a commitment to social responsibility. …

    Google, Whole Foods, and … Big Pharma?

  • International

    Good Science and Bad Verdicts

    By Nadia N. Sawicki On Monday, an Italian court convicted six scientists and a government official of manslaughter for providing the townspeople of L’Aquila with “inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory” information about risk of a 2009 earthquake…

    Good Science and Bad Verdicts

  • Conscience

    Missouri District Court Dismisses Challenge to Contraception Mandate

    By Nadia N. Sawicki Litigation challenging the PPACA contraception mandate continues, and last week’s decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in O’Brien v. HHS brings the total number of…

    Missouri District Court Dismisses Challenge to Contraception Mandate

  • Conscience

    When Is An Emergency Not an Emergency?

    By Nadia N. Sawicki In 2010, Illinois issued an administrative rule requiring that pharmacies dispense all lawfully prescribed drugs, including emergency contraception, or face sanctions.  Last week, an Illinois appellate court in Morr-Fitz v. Quinn…

    When Is An Emergency Not an Emergency?

  • End-of-Life

    Symposium: Freedom of Choice at the End of Life, Nov. 16

    By Nadia N. Sawicki New York Law School’s Justice Action Center is hosting a symposium on elder law on Friday, November 16, titled “Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients’ Rights in a Shifting…

    Symposium: Freedom of Choice at the End of Life, Nov. 16