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
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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
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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?
Aggregation, Allocation of Scarce Resources, and Disability
What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement?
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:
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:
Nussbaum: A Utilitarian Critique
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