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Prosecuting Doctors For Trusting Patients, Deborah Hellman Sep 2009

Prosecuting Doctors For Trusting Patients, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

In an escalating phase of our country’s war on drugs, doctors treating patients in pain are being prosecuted for drug trafficking under the Controlled Substances Act. While doctors surely can be guilty of drug trafficking when they sell drugs for money, lately some doctors have been prosecuted for violations of a statute that requires knowingly distributing or dispensing controlled substances in an unauthorized manner for simply being willfully blind to the fact that their patients were reselling the drugs. While willful blindness may be an apt substitute for knowledge in the traditional drug courier scenario, doctors in these cases are …


Evidence, Belief, And Action: The Failure Of Equipoise To Resolve The Ethical Tension In The Randomized Clinical Trial, Deborah Hellman Aug 2009

Evidence, Belief, And Action: The Failure Of Equipoise To Resolve The Ethical Tension In The Randomized Clinical Trial, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

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Judging By Appearances: Professional Ethics, Expressive Government, And The Moral Significance Of How Things Seem, Deborah Hellman Aug 2009

Judging By Appearances: Professional Ethics, Expressive Government, And The Moral Significance Of How Things Seem, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

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Pushing Drugs Or Pushing The Envelope: The Prosecution Of Doctors In Connection With Over-Prescribing Of Opium-Based Drugs, Deborah Hellman Aug 2009

Pushing Drugs Or Pushing The Envelope: The Prosecution Of Doctors In Connection With Over-Prescribing Of Opium-Based Drugs, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

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