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Articles 1 - 18 of 18
Full-Text Articles in Health Law and Policy
Funding Fairness: Public Investment, Proprietary Rights And Access To Health Care Technology, William M. Sage
Funding Fairness: Public Investment, Proprietary Rights And Access To Health Care Technology, William M. Sage
Faculty Scholarship
In her accompanying Article, "Public Research and Private Development: Patents and Technology Transfer in Government-Sponsored Research," Professor Rebecca Eisenberg suggests that federal technology transfer policies should be reexamined in light of actual experience with patented technologies. Indeed, the relationship among federal research funding, patent law, and medical innovation has become more complicated in the years since the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act. Rising health care spending despite slowing overall economic growth has fostered the development of private sector managed care, has led to cutbacks in government support for both research and clinical services, and has increased the percentage of uninsured …
The Genetic Privacy Act: A Proposal For National Legislation, Patricia Roche, Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas
The Genetic Privacy Act: A Proposal For National Legislation, Patricia Roche, Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas
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Privacy is a major issue in medical law, and genetics is a major force in contemporary medical science. Nonetheless, the combination of these two fields has only recently been seen as central to both individual rights and medical progress. Disclosures in June of 1996 that White House officials had wrongly acquired and read FBI files of raw background checks of prominent Republicans reminded Americans that there is no such thing as a completely secure and secret file of personal information. Had these files contained DNA profiles or samples, they would have supplied additional information about the unsuspecting individuals-information that could …
Gender Matters: Implications For Clinical Research And Women's Health Care, Karen H. Rothenberg
Gender Matters: Implications For Clinical Research And Women's Health Care, Karen H. Rothenberg
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No abstract provided.
Mediating Bioethical Disputes, Diane E. Hoffmann, Naomi Karp
Mediating Bioethical Disputes, Diane E. Hoffmann, Naomi Karp
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No abstract provided.
Nicotine Withdrawal: Assessing The Fda's Effort To Regulate Tobacco Products, Lars Noah, Barbara A. Noah
Nicotine Withdrawal: Assessing The Fda's Effort To Regulate Tobacco Products, Lars Noah, Barbara A. Noah
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At a press conference held on August 23, 1996, just one year after initially revealing his plans, President Clinton announced sweeping federal regulations to combat the underage use of tobacco products. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subsequently published a lengthy preamble to accompany the final regulations, detailing the Agency's assessment of the problem and responding to numerous public comments to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Characterizing the growing use of tobacco products as a "pediatric disease," FDA Commissioner David Kessler previously had vowed to alter the smoking habits of the newest generation of tobacco users in order to …
Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah
Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah
Faculty Scholarship
During the past few years, rationing has become an explicit feature in decisions concerning optimal delivery of health care services, and it poses difficult choices for health care providers and policymakers. Insurers and patients increasingly must balance the desire for access to every possible treatment against concerns about affordability. Costdriven treatment decisions are becoming an unavoidable reality for most patients. Apparently, however, another more pernicious type of rationing occurs in this country. It does not depend on factors such as the likelihood of an optimal outcome, the comparative efficacy of different available treatment modalities, or even the ability to pay …
The Dangers Of Directives Or The False Security Of Forms, Diane E. Hoffmann, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Catherine J. Tompkins
The Dangers Of Directives Or The False Security Of Forms, Diane E. Hoffmann, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Catherine J. Tompkins
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No abstract provided.
Women Of Childbearing Potential In Clinical Research: Perspectives On Nih Policy And Liability Issues, Karen H. Rothenberg, Eugene G. Hayunga, Vivian W. Pinn
Women Of Childbearing Potential In Clinical Research: Perspectives On Nih Policy And Liability Issues, Karen H. Rothenberg, Eugene G. Hayunga, Vivian W. Pinn
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No abstract provided.
Facilitating Choice: Judging The Physician's Role In Abortion And Suicide, George J. Annas
Facilitating Choice: Judging The Physician's Role In Abortion And Suicide, George J. Annas
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When I was invited to give this talk I thought, "I'll just give my standard slide show on death in America." I thought I would just talk about the right to die, something I can do in my sleep, and everybody would be happy. And you probably would, since it's a pretty good speech. I am going to give it at a Pennsylvania Judges Conference in a couple of weeks, and they will like it. But it is not very challenging, either for me or for you. So, what I want to explore with you today is how judges have …
Cowboys, Camels, And The First Amendment: The Fda's Restrictions On Tobacco Advertising, George J. Annas
Cowboys, Camels, And The First Amendment: The Fda's Restrictions On Tobacco Advertising, George J. Annas
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The Marlboro Man and Joe Camel have become public health enemies number one and two, and removing their familiar faces from the gaze of young people has become a goal of President Bill Clinton and his health care officials. The strategy of limiting the exposure of children to tobacco advertisements is based on the fact that almost all regular smokers begin smoking in their teens. This approach is politically possible because most Americans believe that tobacco companies should be prohibited from targeting children in their advertising.
The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, George J. Annas
The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, George J. Annas
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The debate over physician-assisted suicide has dramatically shifted to a discussion of constitutional issues. This spring, within a month of each other, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals on both coasts ruled that state prohibitions of assisted suicide are unconstitutional when applied to physicians who prescribe lethal medication for terminally ill, competent adults who wish to end their lives. The Ninth Circuit includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and the Second Circuit includes New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. Both courts reached the same conclusion but for different legal reasons.
Questing For Grails: Duplicity, Betrayal And Self-Deception Postmodern Medical Research, George J. Annas
Questing For Grails: Duplicity, Betrayal And Self-Deception Postmodern Medical Research, George J. Annas
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Contemporary physicians and scientists often describe their experi-
ments as part of a search for the "Holy Grail." Sometimes this quest is
expressed more specifically, as when the Human Genome Project is de-
scribed as a search for the "Holy Grail of biology."1 This rhetoric sug-
gests that experimental work is holy, God's work, and that the results will
prove miraculous and good for everyone. But this type of blind devotion
produces uncritical action that can ultimately destroy values essential to
human dignity.
The Promised End - Physician-Assisted Suicide And Abortion, George J. Annas
The Promised End - Physician-Assisted Suicide And Abortion, George J. Annas
Faculty Scholarship
The debate over late term intact dilation and evacuation abortions (so-called "partial birth" abortions) has been an uncomfortable one for those in the pro-choice community.' Although the United States Senate narrowly refused to override President Clinton's veto of a bill criminalizing this procedure, many in Congress agreed with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) that it was "as close to infanticide as anything I have come upon."2 States have a compelling interest in preventing infanticide that is not contradicted by a woman's constitutional right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy. Similarly, states have a legitimate and perhaps even compelling interest …
Medicine And Human Rights: Reflections On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Doctors’ Trial, George J. Annas
Medicine And Human Rights: Reflections On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Doctors’ Trial, George J. Annas
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1996 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the commencement of the trial of Nazi physicians at Nuremberg, a trial that has been variously designated as the "Doctors' Trial" and the "Medical Case." In addition to documenting atrocities committed by physicians and scientists during WWII, the most significant contribution of the trial has come to be known as the "Nuremberg Code," a judicial codification of 10 prerequisites for the moral and legal use of human beings in experiments. Anniversaries provide us with an opportunity to reflect upon the past, but they also ena ble us to renew our efforts to plan for …
Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medical, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights In Life And Death: Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medicial, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, Tanya K. Hernandez
Faculty Scholarship
Once the Supreme Court issues it decision in the cases of Quill v. Vacco1 and Compassion in Dying v. Washington2 regarding the constitutionality of outlawing physician-assisted suicide for competent and terminally ill persons, the tension surrounding legal, medical, religious and ethical issues concerning end of life decision making will not be resolved.
Why Mandatory Hiv Testing Of Pregnant Women And Newborns Must Fail: A Legal, Historical, And Public Policy Analysis Special Issue: Mandatory Hiv Testing Of Newborns And Their Mothers, Elizabeth B. Cooper
Why Mandatory Hiv Testing Of Pregnant Women And Newborns Must Fail: A Legal, Historical, And Public Policy Analysis Special Issue: Mandatory Hiv Testing Of Newborns And Their Mothers, Elizabeth B. Cooper
Faculty Scholarship
The debate surrounding mandatory HIV testing of newborns and pregnant women requires an understanding of the historical context of women in the epidemic. Although the epidemic first was recognized in gay men in 1981, anecdotal reports reveal that women already were dying from what seems to have been HIV-related symptomatology. Indeed, in Gena Corea's book, The Invisible Epidemic, we learn that, as early as 1981, not insignificant numbers of drug-using and former drug-using women were falling ill and not recovering from conditions that normally are not fatal, including bacterial pneumonia. Yet, because we did not necessarily expect these populations to …
The Politics Of Human-Embryo Research: Avoiding Ethical Gridlock, George J. Annas
The Politics Of Human-Embryo Research: Avoiding Ethical Gridlock, George J. Annas
Faculty Scholarship
[...]abortion is about more than politics; it is fundamentally about ethics, morals, equality, and religion, and how we think about abortion reveals much about how we are likely to think about other life-and-death issues in contemporary American medical practice. Because politics as currently practiced seems so unprincipled, there have been sporadic attempts to redefine abortion-related issues as ethical questions and to set up national panels and advisory groups to examine various practices and make recommendations about their ethics.
The Law And Ethics Of Organ Sales, Keith N. Hylton
The Law And Ethics Of Organ Sales, Keith N. Hylton
Faculty Scholarship
The proposed solutions to my hair supply hypothetical, transfer of property and reliance on altruism, are essentially the only two solutions formally adopted in response to the real world "organ supply" problem.' Because of the shortcomings of these solutions, a number of commentators, myself among them, 2 have suggested the allowance of some limited commerce in body parts. This solution can be seen as a compromise between the extremes of transferring property rights and relying entirely on altruism. Property rights are maintained under the market system because anyone who wants the body part of another must gain the consent of …