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Financial Conflicts Of Interest In Science, Joanna K. Sax Jul 2014

Financial Conflicts Of Interest In Science, Joanna K. Sax

Joanna K Sax

This article proposes that an analysis of behavior may be utilized to create an effective policy addressing financial conflicts of interest. Importantly, this article focuses on the academics that conduct basic science. An understanding of the background of the public-private interaction is critical to fully appreciate the rise of the financial conflicts of interest in biomedical science. Part II of this Article describes the rise of financial conflicts of interest and the types of harms that can occur in the absence of effective policy to regulate financial conflicts of interest. Part III describes the current system addressing conflicts of interest, …


Access To Prescription Drugs: A Normative Economic Approach To Pharmacist Conscience Clause Legislation, Joanna K. Sax Jul 2014

Access To Prescription Drugs: A Normative Economic Approach To Pharmacist Conscience Clause Legislation, Joanna K. Sax

Joanna K Sax

The goals of this Article are two-fold: (1) to explain that pharmacist conscience clause legislation may be expanded to areas concerning controversial biomedical research; and (2) to demonstrate that welfare economics can be applied to analyze pharmacist conscience clause legislation. Regarding the first goal, the broad language of existing and proposed conscience clause legislation creates an umbrella that allows a pharmacist to escape liability for refusing to fill a prescription for almost any type of medication. With respect to the second goal, this Article applies welfare economics to demonstrate that pharmacist conscience clauses are a part of tort law and …


In Defense Of The Professional Standard Of Care: A Response To Carter Williams On "Evidence-Based Medicine", Ann Maclean Massie Jan 2013

In Defense Of The Professional Standard Of Care: A Response To Carter Williams On "Evidence-Based Medicine", Ann Maclean Massie

Ann MacLean Massie

No abstract provided.


Concerns Regarding The Relationship Between Electronic Health Records And Malpractice Claims, Frederick J. White Iii, William P. Coleman Iii Oct 2012

Concerns Regarding The Relationship Between Electronic Health Records And Malpractice Claims, Frederick J. White Iii, William P. Coleman Iii

Frederick J White III

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A Submission To The New Zealand Government On The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Matthew Rimmer Oct 2012

A Submission To The New Zealand Government On The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis submission draws upon a number of pieces of research and policy papers on the plain packaging of tobacco products including:1. Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, and Matthew Rimmer, 'The Case for the Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products' (2008) 103 (4) Addiction 580-590.2. Matthew Rimmer, 'A Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on the Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill (Cth)', September 2011, https://senate.aph.gov.au/submissions/comittees/viewdocument.aspx?id=dabfcd75-9807-493f-bc99-4a7506bf493b3A. Matthew Rimmer, 'Tobacco's Mad Men Threaten Public Health', The Conversation, 23 September 2011, http://theconversation.edu.au/tobaccos-mad-men-threaten-public-health-34503B. Matthew Rimmer, 'Big Tobacco's Box Fetish: Plain Packaging at the High Court', The Conversation, 20 April 2012, https://theconversation.edu.au/big-tobaccos-box-fetish-plain-packaging-at-the-high-court-65183C. Matthew …


Physicians As Researchers: Difficulties With The "Similarity Position", David Wasserman, Deborah Hellman, Robert Wachbroit Sep 2011

Physicians As Researchers: Difficulties With The "Similarity Position", David Wasserman, Deborah Hellman, Robert Wachbroit

Deborah Hellman

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