Autism, Access to Services, and Social Justice

Yesterday the CDC released a  report on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that demonstrates a continuing increase in ASD di...

Republican pollster David Hill urges complete-repeal supporters to look beyond responses to dichotomous (yes/no) opinion-survey questions o...

Talking Points Memo reviews recent polling on health care reform, finding that "the public’s opinion on health care reform is disparat...

Patient Autonomy after Death - the Case of Anne Sexton

I hadn't thought about the controversy surrounding Diane Middlebrook's biography of Anne Sexton since its publication in 1991 until ...

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows greater opposition than support for the 2010 health care law, by a 52-41% margin. In addition to ...

The Pew Research Center is out with its latest public opinion survey on the health care reform law. Quoting from the accompanying news rele...

Goldman Sachs, Corporate Culture, and Medical Ethics

When Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman Sachs, and head of the firm's US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle Eas...

Is This Doctor-Patient Marriage Unethical?

I shouldn't have been surprised that the most read posts on this blog have been about doctor-patient sex. When I recently had occasion t...

State by State Analysis of Health Insurance Exchange Adoption

State By State Analysis of Public Health Service Act Requirements for Employers in the United States The Public Health Service Act of 2010...

Wartime Heroism and Personal Ideals

I'm sorry I never met Dr. Tina Strobos, whose obituary I read in this morning's Boston Globe. But I have a new hero. Dr. Strobos wa...