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Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

FDA Law Blog

As someone who studied in the fields of public health, medical sociology, and biomedical ethics, I was impressed with how quickly the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arena caught up with what took many decades to occur in the context of the physician-patient relationship. The practice of medicine was viewed as paternalistic.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

It’s all individual. It’s reminding me of what you were saying, Bill, of the individual is not enough and it’s how we sit in these other broader communities that really matters, particularly around these existential questions. And I get to play a Bob Dylan song that’s been on my bucket list to learn.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

Panelists Bill Gardner, Sonu Gaind, Leonie Herx have stated they have no relationships to disclose. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. All of the evidence shows that for mental illnesses in individual cases of mental illness, we cannot make those predictions. I think that’s a big mistake.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

GeriPal

Eric 06:58 It could be CPR in an individual with metastatic cancer in the icu. And so often, like, if you have a good relationship with them and you can understand what that root is, there’s so many other ways to come at it and they’re willing to back away. The major rock climbing magazine has an obituary section.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. I am there with individuals who are dying. Religion is important to me and my relationship with God has got stronger since I’ve been working here. So that touches you. Eric: Yeah, I’m feeling touched right now.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

GeriPal

And the argument was framed more as a healthcare choice made by individuals in conjunction with their clinicians. And he surveyed all the nurses who subscribed to nursing, I think it was like Nursing Magazine or something, or journal. Robert: Professional relationship. Alex: … professional relationship to the patient?