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Petrie Flom

  • Empirical

    Frakes on The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Physician Behavior

    By The Petrie-Flom Center Michael Frakes, former Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellow and current Assistant Professor at Cornell Law School, has an interesting new article out in the American Economic Review: The Impact of Medical Liability…

    Frakes on The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Physician Behavior

  • Announcements

    Commission Seeks Interns for Summer 2013

    By The Petrie-Flom Center The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues advises the President on bioethical issues that emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Commission works…

    Commission Seeks Interns for Summer 2013

  • Bioethics

    Yale Friday Newsletter – 02/01/13

    By The Petrie-Flom Center Another week, another Yale Friday Newsletter!  Enjoy.

    Yale Friday Newsletter – 02/01/13

  • Weekly Round-Up

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/26-2/01

    By Hyeongsu Park and Kathy Wang 40 years after the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, the legal fight over abortion continues on.  Washington and Arkansas legislatures have been debating new restrictions on availability and…

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/26-2/01

  • Announcements

    Petrie-Flom Center to Work with NFL Players Association

    By The Petrie-Flom Center The Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce our involvement with the new “Harvard Integrated Program to Protect and Improve the Health of NFLPA Members.”  The Program will…

    Petrie-Flom Center to Work with NFL Players Association

  • Events

    Upcoming, Feb. 6 – Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law

    By The Petrie-Flom Center THE NORTHEASTERN PROGRAM ON HEALTH POLICY & LAW PRESENTS: HIV/AIDS Policy Grand Rounds: Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law In the wake of the HIV epidemic, legal and policy…

    Upcoming, Feb. 6 – Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law

  • Petrie-Flom Center

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/19-1/25

    By Hyeongsu Park and Kathy Wang As part of its effort to control prescription drug abuse, an advisory panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Friday to toughen the restrictions on…

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/19-1/25

  • Announcements

    Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy: Law and Biosciences Fellowship Program

    Duke University invites applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship Program at the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. The Goal: This fellowship is ideal for individuals who are interested in an academic or policy career working…

    Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy: Law and Biosciences Fellowship Program

  • Petrie-Flom Center

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/12-1/18

    By Hyeongsu Park and Kathy Wang After an estimated 500,000 patients in the United States have received all-metal hip replacements that are failing early in many cases, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules…

    Petrie-Flom Interns’ Weekly Round-Up: 1/12-1/18

  • Bioethics

    Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues

    By The Petrie-Flom Center The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health announces its annual conference, Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues, to be held in Boston on April 18-19, 2013. Description Until…

    Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues