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Patrick Taylor

  • Bioethics

    Henrietta Lacks and the Great Healthdata Giveaway

    Part Seven of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor A suggestion runs through the debate on the NPRM to amend the Common Rule that the proposed changes are a tribute to Henrietta Lacks, a necessity…

    Henrietta Lacks and the Great Healthdata Giveaway

  • Bioethics

    NPRM Symposium: Consent, Causality, and Castles in the Air

    Part Six of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor Reading the NPRM and its government commentary, one is subtly, slowly led to a sense of inevitability.  Arguments from abstract principles emerge, leave a footprint and…

    NPRM Symposium: Consent, Causality, and Castles in the Air

  • Bioethics

    NPRM Symposium: “I prefer to be asked”

    Part Five of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor The preamble to the NPRM justifies requiring consent for data and specimen research by contending  that studies indicate that people want to be asked for permission. …

    NPRM Symposium: “I prefer to be asked”

  • Bioethics

    NPRM Symposium: So many left behind…

    Part Four of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor The development of research benefits depends on research participation.  Research participation, in turn, depends on being asked to participate, and how people evaluate what is being…

    NPRM Symposium: So many left behind…

  • Bioethics

    NRPM Symposium: “We are holding health care for ransom, just get naked already!” or “Consent neutrality is non-neutral in effect”

    Part Three of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor In the previous post of this series, we took a look at how comprehensively certain proposed revisions to human subject research regulations would apply and whether…

    NRPM Symposium: “We are holding health care for ransom, just get naked already!” or “Consent neutrality is non-neutral in effect”

  • Bioethics

    NPRM Symposium: Privacy and Promises, Promises, Promises

    Part Two of Seven-Part Blog Series by Patrick Taylor The first blog post in this series probably provided a few surprises, but the surprises are just beginning. Can the NPRM to amend the Common Rule…

    NPRM Symposium: Privacy and Promises, Promises, Promises