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Setting a legal standard for affirmative consent in childbirth: Alexa Richardson ’21, midwife and law student, addresses the issue of consent in the birthing process
From the profile: For many women giving birth in hospitals, the experience is far harsher than necessary. Call it one of the medical industry’s darker secrets, but patients…
Right to Try: A ‘well-intentioned’ but ‘misguided’ law
[...] “On its face, it seems as though Right to Try would streamline the process and make it easier for patients, but actually, the FDA approves almost all the requests…
Putting human rights at the centre of struggles for health and social equality
From the article: The fact that a little over 2,000 billionaires have a greater share of global wealth today than 60% of the world’s population presents an existential threat to…
Professional Updates for Academic Fellow Alumnus Matthew J. B. Lawrence
Affiliate faculty member and Academic Fellow Alumnus Matthew Lawrence will join Emory Law as an associate professor of law. Emory Law Dean Mary Anne Bobinski said “We are pleased…
The Data Trail: Gathering a patient’s health history is a key first step in the delivery of quality care, but LGBTQ patients may worry about the potential costs of sharing what they’ve long held close
From the article: From a medical perspective, it seems like a no-brainer. “Someone’s sexual orientation and gender identity are a core part of who they are,”…
Coronavirus: The global race to patent a remedy: China seeks patent on Bay Area’s experimental treatment. Profits are at stake.
From the article: As a lethal coronavirus triggers a humanitarian crisis in the world’s most populous nation, who owns the rights to a potential cure? The Bay Area…
A lottery like no other offers up a cutting-edge medicine — with lives on the line
From the article: The lottery that began this week was not about money, or about choosing a school, or about obtaining a visa. It was about a child’s…
I. Glenn Cohen and Jacob Sherkow Selected to Serve on NAM’s CESTI
Jacob Sherkow (Edmond J. Safra Center and Petrie-Flom Center Fellow in Ethics of Technological and Biomedical Innovation) and I. Glenn Cohen (Petrie-Flom Faculty Director) have been selected to serve on…
Holly Fernandez Lynch Receives Baruch A. Brody Award in Bioethics
Holly Fernandez Lynch (Former Executive Director) received the Baruch A. Brody Award in Bioethics. From the article about her award lecture, titled “Conflicts of Conscience and Implications for Physicians…
Who Gets The Frozen Embryos?
From the article: Late last month, the Arizona Supreme Court decided a hotly contested case involving frozen embryos. It all started in 2014, when Ruby Torres was diagnosed with cancer and…