The Dangers of Big Corporate Health Care: Deceptive Marketing of Cancer Treatments

A series of articles over the last few months, culminating in an investigative report by Reuters, provided the newest example of what can go...

The Dangers of Big Corporate Health Care: Deceptive Marketing of Cancer Treatments 2015-05-18T18:50:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Minimizing Legal Liability or Upholding the Mission? - the Markingson Case Redux

There are new, and troubling developments in the long running case of Dan Markingson, the psychiatric patient and research subject who commi...

Minimizing Legal Liability or Upholding the Mission? - the Markingson Case Redux 2015-05-18T18:34:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Tales of the Wayfaring Generic Manager - from Ritz Carlton Hotels to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital to Cancer Treatment Centers of America

In 2006, we wondered what a former hotel manager, Mr Gerard van Grinsven, admittedly known for putting the "wow" back in the Detr...

Tales of the Wayfaring Generic Manager - from Ritz Carlton Hotels to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital to Cancer Treatment Centers of America 2015-05-17T22:13:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Is the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Really More Industry-Centered?

One of the biggest reasons our health care system seems so dysfunctional is that clinicians and patients have great difficulty determining w...

Is the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Really More Industry-Centered? 2015-05-17T21:16:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Long After the Start of the "War on Terror," a Conflict of Interest about an Anthrax Scare Comes to Light

In May, David Willman writing for the Los Angeles Times broke a story of a somewhat new variant on the conflict of interest theme, one that...

Long After the Start of the "War on Terror," a Conflict of Interest about an Anthrax Scare Comes to Light 2015-05-17T21:05:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Shut Up and Sell - the Corporate Physician's New Motto?

Evidence has been seeping into public view about the extent physicians who sign up to take care of patients as corporate employees give up ...

Shut Up and Sell - the Corporate Physician's New Motto? 2015-05-15T00:49:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Pfizer May No Longer be Able to Delay Paying Its Asbestos Claims of Nearly $1 Billion

Pfizer, which claims to be the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company," is one step closer to paying a nearly ...

Pfizer May No Longer be Able to Delay Paying Its Asbestos Claims of Nearly $1 Billion 2015-05-15T00:43:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown