How the U.S. Rations "Specialty Drugs"

A recent spate of articles ( here , here , here , and here ) on how the U.S. rations "specialty drugs" calls for more open discuss...

Oregon Health Care Reform & the Ethical Imperative to Contain Costs

Oregon is in the health policy & ethics spotlight again. In the 1990s the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), with its (a) prioritized list, (b) ...

Ethics, Pharma, and the Blogosphere

An article in today's New York Times - " Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Reject Industry Pay " - will warm the heart of bloggers, ...

The Oregon Death with Dignity Act - Democratic Deliberation Works!

The purpose of my recent trip to Oregon was to speak about the lessons Massachusetts health care reform might have for Oregon’s health care ...

On the Oregon Trail

I will be in Oregon from April 7-->April 12. On Tuesday I will speak at Oregon Health Sciences University about "The Psychology and ...

Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment - a Case from Colorado

Yesterday's session in the first year Harvard Medical School "Medical Ethics and Professionalism" class was exceptionally powe...

The Organizational Costs of Ethical Conflicts

Everyone who writes knows the feeling – “I wish I had written that!” That was my reaction to “ The Organizational Costs of Ethical Conflicts...