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Empirical developments in retraction (with B K. Redman, H N. Yarandi, and Jon F. Merz), Center for Human Modeling and Simulation (2008)
This study provides current data on key questions about retraction of scientific articles. Findings confirm...
What Are Gene Patents and Why Are People Worried about Them? (with Jon F. Merz and Mildred K. Cho), Center for Bioethics Papers (2005)
This article examines what it means to patent a gene. Numerous ethical concerns have been...
A qualitative study of women’s views on medical confidentiality (with G Jenkins, Jon F. Merz, and Pamela Sankar), Center for Bioethics Papers (2005)
Context: The need to reinvigorate medical confidentiality protections is recognised as an important objective in...
'Iceland Inc.'?: On the ethics of commercial population genomics (with Jon F. Merz, Glenn E. McGee, and Pamela Sankar), Center for Bioethics Papers (2004)
A detailed analysis of the Icelandic commercial population-wide genomics database project of deCODE Genetics was...
The prevalence of patent interferences in gene technology (with Jon F. Merz and Michelle R. Henry), Center for Bioethics Papers (2004)
Unlike all other countries in the world, the United States awards patents to the first...
A Pilot Survey on the Licensing of DNA Inventions (with Michelle R. Henry, Mildred K. Cho, Meredith A. Weaver, and Jon F. Merz), Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)
Despite ethical concerns about gene patents, virtually no empirical evidence exists to support claims about...
Improving Informed Consent: The Medium Is Not the Message (with Patricia Agre, Frances A. Campbell, Barbara D. Goldman, Nancy Kass, Maria L. Boccia, Laurence B. McCullough, Jon F. Merz, Suzanne M. Miller, Jim Mintz, Bruce Rapkin, Jeremy Sugarman, James Sorenson, and Donna Wirshing), Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)
An important type of research on informed consent involves empirically testing interventions designed to improve...
All Gifts Large and Small (with Dana Katz, Arthur L. Caplan, and Jon F. Merz), Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)
Much attention has been focused in recent years on the ethical acceptability of physicians receiving...
Pilot Study: Does the White Coat Influence Research Participation? (with Jon F. Merz, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Pamela Sankar, and Emma A. Meagher), Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)
In health care, the white coat symbolizes professionalism, trustworthiness, and competence; it also represents power....
Protecting Subjects' Interests in Genetics Research (with Jon F. Merz, David Magnus, Mildred K. Cho, and Arthur L. Caplan), Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)
Biomedical researchers often assume that sponsors, subjects, families, and disease-associated advocacy groups contribute to research...
Diagnostic testing fails the test: The pitfalls of patents are illustrated by the case of hemochromatosis (with Jon F. Merz, Antigone T. Kriss, Debra G. B. Leonard, and Mildred K. Cho), Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)
Questions about the effects of patents and licensing are becoming critical in the United States,...
Disease Genes Are Not Patentable: A Rebuttal of McGee, Center for Bioethics Papers (1998)
Dr. McGee presents a cogent argument for the patentability of the diagnosis of gene forms...