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Medicine’s Collusion with False Hopes: Rights to try, false hope, and the spine of the profession

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

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 →

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Thorny Questions After a French Clinical Trial Goes Wrong

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Hannah Giunta, MPH, PhD The problem of balancing access to new drugs with the conduct of rigorous clinical trials is not new. Indeed, readers might be interested in … Continue reading →

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Dawn of False Hope: Spread of “Right To Try” Laws across the U.S.

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Picture a mother with breast cancer hoping to see her daughters get married. Weep with parents as their nine year old son dies in their arms. Rally behind the newlywed couple fighting to experience just one anniversary. These are the people targeted by Right To Try (RTT) laws recently sweeping more than twenty states across the nation. Continue reading →

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