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Legal challenges put off label use of gender affirming care drugs in jeopardy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Dr. Barry DeCoster, PhD, an associate professor of bioethics at the University of Michigan, describes gender affirming care as “safe and effective” for most patients. Campo-Engelstein is the director of the Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

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NHC Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities

Putting Patients First Blog

According to a 2021 study, patients with multiple chronic conditions often face complex medical decisions, and their experiences with the health care system can significantly impact the outcomes.29 Medical futility and disability bias: part of the bioethics and disability series. Chronic pain among adults – United States, 2019-2021.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

STAT

”It’s imprudent and unwise and not the way forward, even for people who are very ill,” said Dr. Arthur Caplan, a professor of bioethics at the NYU Langone hospital system in New York who chaired a university panel that studied the FDA’s compassionate use program. Her husband said he had no regrets.

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