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  • Nicolas Terry

    Worth Reading This Week

    By Nicolas Terry Christopher J. Phillips et al, Moneyball and Medicine, N Engl J Med Marc Rodwin, Conflicts of Interest, Institutional Corruption, and Pharma: An Agenda for Reform, SSRN/JLME Aaron S. Kesselheim et al, A Randomized…

    Worth Reading This Week

  • 2012 Election

    Art Caplan: MA Should Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide

    Weighing in on Question 2, Massachusetts’ ballot initiative on physician-assisted suicide, Art Caplan says we should vote “yes”: Mass. should legalize physician-assisted suicide Of the numerous ballot initiatives that will be decided at the state level…

    Art Caplan: MA Should Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide

  • Bioethics

    Binders of Women? Reflections on ASRM Annual Meeting Round 2

    by Katie Kraschel Mitt Romney’s anecdote about the binders of women he relied upon in selecting members of his cabinet when he was Governor has fueled criticism from feminist groups and filled my Facebook feed with…

    Binders of Women? Reflections on ASRM Annual Meeting Round 2

  • Bioethics

    Pharmacy Compounding: Federal Law in Brief

    by Jonathan J. Darrow Until recently, most ordinary people had never heard of “pharmacy compounding.”  Then, a number of deaths and illnesses caused by a drug that was compounded in a Framingham, Massachusetts pharmacy propelled…

    Pharmacy Compounding: Federal Law in Brief

  • Public Health

    Occupy Public Health? A Social Determinants Tea Party?

    By Scott Burris Kathy Ward is a veteran public health worker in Nebraska. She has a neat idea, which I summarize here in mostly her words: Public health policy needs more proponents who are knowledgeable…

    Occupy Public Health? A Social Determinants Tea Party?

  • Bioethics

    Reminder: Tomorrow, Institutional Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research Universities

    Friday, November 2, 2012 8:30am – 6:30pm (reception to follow) Milstein Conference Rooms, 2nd Floor Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA The Petrie-Flom Center and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics will be co-sponsoring a day-long…

    Reminder: Tomorrow, Institutional Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research Universities

  • Introductions

    Introducing Susannah Rose

    We’re pleased to introduce and welcome Susannah Rose to our blogging community as a regular contributor.

    Introducing Susannah Rose

  • 2012 Election

    Politics in Practice: Intense Conversations in Intensive Care

    By Erin Talati As Holly Lynch describes in her recent post, the upcoming election brings a number of bioethics questions directly to the public. Two of the three ballot questions in Massachusetts invite discussion and…

    Politics in Practice: Intense Conversations in Intensive Care