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Drs. Eijkholt and Fleck present at International Bioethics Retreat in Paris
Center Professor Len Fleck and Marleen Eijkholt, former Assistant Professor with the Center, recently presented at the 2018 International Bioethics Retreat, held in Paris, France on June 27-29. The conference has been sponsored by Cambridge University for the past eighteen … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer treatment, conference, false hope, health care cost, International Bioethics Retreat, Leonard Fleck, Marleen Eijkholt, personalized medicine, precision medicine
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Medicine’s Collusion with False Hopes: Rights to try, false hope, and the spine of the profession
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Marleen Eijkholt, JD, PhD Imagine your loved one is dying. You have heard about an intervention out there, somewhere, that could help—you think. Not trying this intervention for … Continue reading
