Call for Applications

Petrie-Flom Academic Fellowship 2010-2012

Petrie-Flom fellowships are full-time, residential 2-year fellowships. Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2012 term. The program is designed for those who already hold a degree in law, and who are interested in doing original academic work in the Center's fields of health law policy, biotechnology or bioethics. The Fellowship is geared specifically toward the cultivation and promotion of promising healthcare scholars interested in pursuing academic careers. For more information and eligibility requirements, please see the call for applications.

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Video Archive

Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care

A panel discussing policies concerning health care practitioner’s rights to refuse to perform legally permissible medical procedures on the grounds of moral objections

Health Care Policy in the 2008 Presidential Elections

Advisors for the Obama and McCain campaigns debate US health care reform proposals

The Concept of Human Dignity in Bioethics

A debate on the concept of human dignity as applied in bioethics. Held in conjunction with the President's Council for Bioethics

Check here for more
webcasts of past events

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Workshops

FALL 2009

The Health Law Policy, Biotechnology

and Bioethics Workshop

The Fall 2009 workshops will take place on Mondays from 5-7pm. The schedule and list of speakers will be announced soon. For papers presented in past semesters see the workshop page. All workshops are free and open to the public.

Call for Applications

Video Archive

Workshops

Conference

Research


	Call for Applications Petrie-Flom Academic Fellowship 2010-2012 Petrie-Flom fellowships are full-time, residential 2-year fellowships. Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2012 term. The program is designed for those who already hold a degree in law, and who are interested in doing original academic work in the Center's fields of health law policy, biotechnology or bioethics. The Fellowship is geared specifically toward the cultivation and promotion of promising healthcare scholars interested in pursuing academic careers. For more information and eligibility requirements, please see the call for applications. ________________________________________ Video Archive Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care A panel discussing policies concerning health care practitioner’s rights to refuse to perform legally permissible medical procedures on the grounds of moral objections Health Care Policy in the 2008 Presidential Elections Advisors for the Obama and McCain campaigns debate US health care reform proposals The Concept of Human Dignity in Bioethics A debate on the concept of human dignity as applied in bioethics. Held in conjunction with the President's Council for Bioethics Check here for more webcasts of past events ________________________________________ Workshops FALL 2009 The Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics Workshop The Fall 2009 workshops will take place on Mondays from 5-7pm. The schedule and list of speakers will be announced soon. For papers presented in past semesters see the workshop page. All workshops are free and open to the public. The PFC is a Harvard center dedicated to interdisciplinary research and debate of cutting-edge issues in health law policy, biotechnology and bioethics. Conference Pharmaceutical Research Development and Markets June 12-13, 2009 ________________________________________ Research Recent Publications by PFC affiliates I. Glenn Cohen: Intentional Diminishment, The Non-Identity Problem, and Legal Liability The Right Not to Be a Genetic Parent? *Frances Kamm:* *Aggregation, Allocation of Scarce Resources, and Disability* *What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement?* *Holly Fernandez Lynch:* *Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care: An Institutional Compromise* *Compliance with Advance Directives: Wrongful Living and Tort Law Incentives* Anup Malani: Regulation with placebo effects Abigail Moncrieff: Federalization Snowballs: The Need for National Action in Medical Malpractice Reform Christopher Robertson: Get Sick, Get Out: The Medical Causes of Home Foreclosures *The Blind Expert: A Litigant-Driven Solution to Bias and Error* *Benjamin Roin:* Unpatentable Drugs and the Standards of Patentability Talha Syed: The Global Justice in Healthcare: Developing Drugs for the Developing World Mark Stein: *The Necessity, Not Autonomy* *Nussbaum: A Utilitarian Critique*

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