By Laura Stark Fifty years ago on Wednesday, President Kennedy signed into law the US Food and Drug Amendments. The amendments radically overhauled the way in which manufacturers brought drugs to market. Most importantly, the…
By The Petrie-Flom Center What were they thinking? Placebo-controlled trials before informed consent Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D., Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health October 25, 2012 – 4pm Shapiro Clinical Center JCRT 5A (East Campus), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Sponsored by the Program in…
This is Part 3 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. Read Part 1 and Part 2. By Jeffrey Swanson, PhD So what can the law do…
By Arthur Caplan Unfortunately, these stories are like deja vu. In his most recent MSNBC commentary, Art Caplan emphasizes that we all have the right to refuse medical care, even if others disagree and even…
Al Roth has an interesting post up today at his Market Design blog referencing some data on the crowding out effect, i.e., the idea that if you pay people for something that they are currently…
This is Part 2 in a three-part series on gun laws, mental illness and violence in the United States. Read Part 1. By Jeffrey Swanson, PhD It is hard to find good news in our…
by Suzanne M. Rivera, Ph.D. The Presidential debate on Wednesday was fascinating theater. Much of the post-debate commentary in social media has focused on Mitt Romney’s threat to cut federal funding to PBS as a…
PRESCRIBING MEDICATION TO END LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012 4:00 – 6:00 PM Harvard Medical School Carl W. Walter Amphitheater Tosteson Medical Education Center 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston Should a physician licensed in Massachusetts–at the…
By Efthimios Parasidis One week prior to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in the health care cases, Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of health-related legislation (387-5 House; 96-1 Senate). Industry and HHS were quick…
By Katie Kraschel Last week NPR covered a story highlighting how medical education is morphing in order to adapt to the unmet demand for primary care physicians driven (at least in part) by the increased…
