- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Ethics in medical practice
- Legal and Constitutional Studies
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Law, Rights, and Freedoms
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
University College London
2014-2024
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020-2024
MetroHealth
2022
Central Coast Local Health District
2021
University of Washington
2021
Jackson Memorial Hospital
2011-2020
University of Mississippi Medical Center
1997-2020
University of California, Irvine
2020
University of the Arts London
2019
University of South Florida
2018
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) is a master transcriptional regulator of adipocyte differentiation and canonical target antidiabetic thiazolidinedione medications. In rare families, loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in PPARG are known to cosegregate with lipodystrophy insulin resistance; the general population, common P12A variant associated decreased risk type 2 diabetes (T2D). Whether how variants defects influence T2D population remains undetermined. By sequencing...
Just health: meeting health needs fairly is an ambitious book, in which Norman Daniels attempts to bring together a single framework all his work on and justice from the past 25 years. One major aim reconcile earlier special moral importance of healthcare with later social determinants health. In work, argued that because it protects opportunity. this argues (which fact tend have larger effect outcomes than does) should also be considered special. This paper mistake base theory for claim (or...
Research involving human subjects is much more stringently regulated than many other nonresearch activities that appear to be at least as risky. A number of prominent figures now argue research overregulated. We the reasons typically offered justify present system regulation fail show should subject stringent equally risky activities. However, there are three often overlooked for thinking treated a special case. First, involves imposition risk on people who do not benefit from this...
Public health policies which involve active intervention to improve the of population are often criticised as paternalistic.This paper argues that it is a mistake frame our discussions public in terms paternalism.First, deeply problematic pick out should count paternalistic; at best we can talk about paternalistic justifications for policies.Second, two elements make paternalism an individual level -interference with liberty and lack consent -are endemic policy contexts general so cannot be...
Health systems that aim to secure universal patient access through a scheme of prepayments—whether taxes, social insurance, or combination the two—need make decisions on scope coverage they guarantee: such tasks often falling priority-setting agency. This article analyzes decision-making processes at one agency in particular—the UK's National Institute for and Care Excellence (NICE)—and appraises their ethical justifiability. In particular, we consider extent which NICE's model can be...
Our subject is the nature and limits of individuals' rights to privacy over information that they have made public.1 Consider following case. The UK Republic Ireland charity Samaritans provides a long-established well-respected suicide-prevention telephone helpline. In 2014, launched web app called Radar, which aimed detect signs emotional distress or suicidal thoughts in Twitter posts. idea was you, as user, could sign up Radar service would monitor public tweets all people you were on...