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The misplaced embryo: legal parenthood in ‘embryo mix-up’ cases
Recently in Israel, a woman was mistakenly implanted with an embryo that is genetically related to another couple. Unfortunately, this case is not an isolated occurrence, as other cases of…
Climate Change and Economic Inequality: Are We Responding to Health Injustices?
As climate change increases the prevalence of diseases, morbidity, and mortality, the half of the world’s population that still lacks access to quality, affordable, and resilient health care…
Exploring the African Regional Human Rights Standards as the Basis for an Enabling Environment for Self-Managed Abortion,
Self-managed abortion holds great promise to save lives and promote reproductive autonomy, particularly in Africa. Indeed, the African region records very high numbers of unsafe abortions, and the burden of…
Advancing the right to health: from exhortation to action - The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for all - Council Brief No. 5
This paper analyses ways in which the right to health supports health policies, programmes, and infrastructures for the delivery of health goods and services. Whenever possible, the paper also discusses…
State-Regulated Psychedelics on a Collision Course With FDA
Interest in researching and commercializing psychedelic medicines is growing. Substances such as psilocybin and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine show potential for treating conditions including depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.1 The Food and Drug…
For Physician-Assisted Suicide In Massachusetts, Uncertainty Remains Post-Kligler
About 25 years after Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act took effect in that state, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts decided Kligler v. Attorney General on December 19, 2022. The…
Assessing Public and Private Rights of Action to Police Health Data Sharing,
Data is an integral part of healthcare delivery. A growth in digital technologies has produced large swaths of health data that contain individuals’ personal, and often sensitive, information. A…
Ethical and legal challenges in assisted same-sex conception through in vitro gametogenesis,
As a matter of convention, same-sex human reproduction is deemed infeasible due to the absence of the requisite set of haploid gametes. Recently, however, it has become clear that bipaternal…
Whose Responsibility Is It to Define Exceptions in Abortion Bans?
After the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, 14 states have banned abortion at any length of gestation, with limited exceptions in the event of life-threatening pregnancy complications …
Divining The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision Support,
Even as its development and hype explode ever outward, the case for what artificial intelligence’s (AI) clinical decision support role should or should not be remains obscured in…
Lawsuits Over the Price of Insulin—State Efforts for Insulin Access,
Over the past 20 years, the high price of insulin has impaired the access of patients to this lifesaving drug. In addition, at least 9 US states and the territory of Puerto…
Paying for Over-the-Counter Contraception: The Opill Quandary,
On July 13, 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill (a 75 µg Norgestrel tablet) as the first daily over-the-counter (OTC) oral contraceptive. 1 As intimated by the manufacturer (Perrigo…
Medicare Advantage: Growth Amidst Mounting Scrutiny,
The Medicare Advantage Program, home to nearly half of the eligible Medicare population, has recently come under increased scrutiny. The Government Accountability Office called on the Centers for Medicare &…
The New Threat to Medical Travel for Abortion,
In the aftermath of the US Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Organization (Dobbs), bans on abortion have multiplied in conservative state legislatures. These bans have…
Using digital technologies to diagnose in the home: recommendations from a Delphi panel,
Rapid advances in digital technology have expanded the availability of diagnostic tools beyond traditional medical settings. Previously confined to clinical environments, these many diagnostic capabilities are now accessible outside…
Consensus Statement for Telehealth Licensure Reforms
We, the undersigned physicians, patients, health systems, academics, and advocates, urge prompt reform of physician licensure so that patients can obtain the telehealth services they require from the physicians they…
Privacy Laws in the USA, Europe, and South Africa, in AI in Clinical Medicine: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Professionals,
AI in Clinical Medicine: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Professionals is the definitive reference book for the emerging and exciting use of AI throughout clinical medicine. AI in Clinical Medicine:…