On the occasion of publication of a new book on physician conscience clauses written by Holly Fernandez Lynch, this panel examined the legal and ethical aspects of the current debates surrounding physicians and health care practitioner’s rights to refuse to perform legally permissible medical procedures on the grounds of moral objections. The author of Conflicts…
Presentation Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning in the World of Health Care Theodore Marmor
Presentation Radical Cognitive Limitation Jeff McMahan
Presentation Markets and Uncertainty in Pharmaceutical Development F. M. Scherer
Presentation Clinical Trials, the Market for Observations and the Cost of Medical R&D Anup Malani
Presentation Priority Review Vouchers to Encourage Innovation for Neglected Diseases Henry Grabowski
With the advance of medical technologies and the increasing power over life and death that they afford, discussions of “human dignity” have begun to take a more central role in bioethics. How should we view this dignity discourse? Is “human dignity” a useful concept that leads to determinate answers on issues like stem cell research…
Presentation The Welfare Effects of Medical Malpractice Darius Lakdawalla
Presentation Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: Analysis and Recommendations Susan Wolf
This conference examined sources and effects of and possible solutions to the fragmented state of the American healthcare system. The event convened more than twenty of the nation’s leading scholars who presented new research on the problems and solutions to our disorganized and overburdened system. The conference proceedings were published in 2010 by Oxford University…
