Medical Ethics
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By: Dianne Gloeckner
Using direct-to-consumer advertising, causes drug costs to soar. more...
Pfizer Drug Company Settlement Touches Indiana
By: Renee Holmes
Although the Food and Drug Administration approved four of Pfizer's drugs for a specific use, including Bextra, Pfizer decided to promote them for "off-label" uses. more...
By: Dolores Bundy
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman" -Rev. Martin Luther King more...
Nurse Practitioners Influenced by Drug Marketing
New study indicates incentive marketing by pharmaceutical drug companies may have more impact on medical prescriptions by family nurse practitioners than most are aware. more...
Some physicians have ethical concerns about deactivating a pacemaker before its wearer has died. In certain situations, however, that's the appropriate thing to do. more...
By: Asia Yousaf
What are advanced directives, what are the different types of advanced directives and how do they work? more...
By: Sarah Evans
Therapists are trusted with very personal information. Thus, it's important that they respect specific boundaries for their own safety and that of their clients. more...
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