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It seems as though we don't have much choice when it comes to health care. Either we are going to pay what the most recent research is calling a "hidden health tax" of something on the order of $1,017 per...
Christian Science Monitor is asking an important question: "Have we become too dependent on our medicine cabinet?" Medical ethicists, physicians, and even patients and their advocates who are...
According to Judith Graham at the Chicago Tribune's Triage blog, Pfizer has created a new program to allow the unemployed--and thus uninsured--to keep access to their prescription drugs for one...
If you haven't read enough about pandemics and ethics or the swine flu yet (and seriously who hasn't read enough about this), the OUP Blog is recommending some additional reading written by...
Award-winning Target Articles, Editorials, and Open Peer Commentaries from The American Journal of Bioethics are available now at pandemic.bioethics.net. Click on the links below for direct access...
While the data may support pushing back the timeline for routine mammograms from age 40 to 50 for women, Arthur Caplan questions the decision in his most recent MSNBC column saying that "there is every reason to doubt that the...
The conservative blog, mercatornet.com, invited yours truly to be part of a debate on health reform, the controversy over so called "death panels", and my views on the future of the American health care system. The piece written in opposition...
For all the planning, prioritizing, and head scratching done by state and federal governments for the coming H1N1 flu crisis this fall, we still have fallen short, says Arthur Caplan in his most recent MSNBC column. Why? The reasons are...
With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone's minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn't be more timely. What do people think about the measures necessary to protect ourselves from flu? Do we, or more importantly should...
Question: What is it worth to produce a blockbuster anti-wrinkle cream? Hypothetical Answer from Cosmeceutical Company: A single skin biopsy of a 14-week old voluntarily aborted fetus from a minor with consent from her parents. Question: What is it...
