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Mortgaging Your Womb

Byadmin September 13, 2012

I recently participated in a conversation on HuffPo Live about whether fertility finance companies are preying on families desperate to have children. Watch the segment here.

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How Doctors Turn Patients into Lobbyists
Byadmin September 18, 2018

I recently spoke with a Washington Post reporter about a troubling practice. Physicians convince their patients to sign letters to influence public policies the patients often don’t understand. Here is the beginning of that piece. Check it out: A proposal to sharply cut a drug discount program that many hospitals rely on drew some 1,400…

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Ethics

What's Wrong with Gay Boy Scout Leaders?
Byadmin April 22, 2013

According to the New York Times, the Boy Scouts of America on Friday proposed ending its ban on openly gay scouts but continue to bar gay adults from serving as leaders. This policy is wrongheaded, regardless of whether you think homosexuality is right or wrong. By pushing gay men further into the back of the closet,…

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Health Policy

Can States Afford to Take Federal Medicaid Dollars?
Byadmin February 15, 2013

States face a tough choice right now, of whether to expand their Medicaid roles with 90% of the costs being borne by the government. (Medicaid is a combined Federal/State program to pay for healthcare of low income individuals and families.) Why is taking money from the Feds a tough decision? For starters, it means supporting,…

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Behavioral Economics and Public Policy | Critical Decisions | Ethics | Medical Decision Making

Your Doctor Recommends Robotic Surgery – You Should Be Skeptical
Byadmin2 November 9, 2025November 9, 2025

Your physician has received generous money from one of the companies that manufacture the robots. Consciously or unconsciously, that money could be influencing her recommendation. The positivity of physicians’ comments on X rises significantly among those receiving the most generous industry payments. Read more here.

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Ethics

Is There a Difference Between Suicide and Ending One's Life?
Byadmin September 11, 2013

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines suicide as: “Death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with any intent to die as a result of the behavior .” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as: “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of…

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Ethics

Is It Wrong for Medical Students to "Tattle" on Their Supervisors?
Byadmin September 7, 2012

Alex, a third-year medical student, is in the middle of his surgery rotation. He frequently finds himself rather shocked by some of the unseemly remarks that his attending, Dr. Tate, makes during surgery and between seeing patients on rounds. A highly respected surgeon, Dr. Tate is personable with patients and well liked by them, but…

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Mortgaging Your Womb

How Doctors Turn Patients into Lobbyists

What's Wrong with Gay Boy Scout Leaders?

Can States Afford to Take Federal Medicaid Dollars?

Your Doctor Recommends Robotic Surgery – You Should Be Skeptical

Is There a Difference Between Suicide and Ending One's Life?

Is It Wrong for Medical Students to "Tattle" on Their Supervisors?

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