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As a federal appeals court considers whether to uphold U.S. Attorney General John Ashcrofts directive nullifying Oregons state law allowing physician-assisted suicide, medical and legal experts are divided over whether Ashcrofts action could have more far-reaching consequences than its stated intent.
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When Cynthia Solomons hydrocephalic son required care at a hospital far from his hometown, doctors had a difficult time treating his condition because they had difficulty obtaining information about his medical history and prior treatment.
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High Court keeps Maine RX alive; DNA bank in the works at Howard University
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Despite all of its successes in improving care for patients facing the end of life, Oregon still has not made headway in treating pain and suffering, report researchers at Oregon Health Sciences Universitys Center for Ethics in Healthcare.
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As the Internet and other media outlets make medical information more accessible to the public, it seems more people are willing to question the judgment of the physicians assigned to their care.
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During a decade of providing health services to migrant farmworkers in eastern North Carolina, pediatrician Andrea Weathers, MD, DrPH, made some careful observations.
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No sooner had public health officials lauded the international scientific cooperation that led to the discovery of a new Coronavirus as the cause of the highly contagious and deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), than scientists from the different communities lined up to ensure they wouldnt be left out in the cold when it comes time to profit from their discoveries.
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If there was anyone left in doubt, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic has put the question to rest. Infectious diseases are back as a major threat to human health, say world public health officials, even among industrialized nations that once believed they were safe from harm.
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Though some erudite veterans may tell you differently, good ethics consultants are made not born.
