New Issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is Now Available

June 22, 2009

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Volume 37, Issue 2, Summer 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

• “Using Patent Data to Assess the Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation” by Aaron S. Kesselheim and Jerry Avorn, 176-183.
• “An Economic Justification for Open Access to Essential Medicine Patents in Developing Countries” by Sean Flynn, Aidan Hollis, and Mike Palmedo, 184-208.
• “Developing Nations and the Compulsory License: Maximizing Access to Essential Medicines While Minimizing Investment Side Effects” by Robert C. Bird, 209-221.
• “Compulsory Licensing in Canada and Thailand: Comparing Regimes to Ensure Legitimate Use of the WTO Rules” by Kristina M. Lybecker and Elisabeth Fowler, 222-239.
• “Wild-Card Patent Extensions as a Means to Incentivize Research and Development of Antibiotics” by Jorn Sonderholm, 240-246.
• “Right to Experimental Treatment: FDA New Drug Approval, Constitutional Rights, and the Public’s Health” by Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, 269-279.
• “Just a Spoonful of Sugar: Drug Safety for Pediatric Populations” by Barbara A. Noah, 280-291.
• “Prizes and Parasites: Incentive Models for Addressing Chagas Disease” by Sara E. Crager and Matt Price, 292-304.
• “Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.: Revisiting Pre-emption for Medical Devices” by Bruce Patsner, 305-317.
• “Collaborated Death: An Exploration of the Swiss Model of Assisted Suicide for Its Potential to Enhance Oversight and Demedicalize the Dying Process” by Stephen J. Ziegler, 318-330.
• “Pushing the Dead into the Next Reproductive Frontier: Post Mortem Gamete Retrieval under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act” by Bethany Spielman, 331-343.
• “When Scientists Deceive: Applying the Federal Regulations” by Collin C. O’Neil and Franklin G. Miller, 344-350.
• “Differences in Regulatory Frameworks Governing Genetic Laboratories in Four Countries” by Anne Marie Tassé, Élodie Petit, and Béatrice Godard, 351-357.
• “The Pharmacist’s Obligations to Patients: Dependent or Independent of the Physician’s Obligations?” by Jason V. Altilio, 358-368.
• “Currents in Contemporary Ethics : Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Is It the Practice of Medicine?” by Cynthia Marietta and Amy L. McGuire, 369-374.
• “Teaching Health Law : Beyond the Case Method: Teaching Transactional Law Skills in the Classroom” by Jonathan Todres, 375-379.
• “Recent Case Developments in Health Law” by Brett Hartman, Faina Shalts, and Caitlyn Ross, 380-388.