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Empirical developments in retraction

Center for Human Modeling and Simulation (2008)

B K Redman, H N Yarandi and Jon F Merz

This study provides current data on key questions about retraction of scientific articles. Findings confirm that the rate of retractions ...

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What Are Gene Patents and Why Are People Worried about ...

Center for Bioethics Papers (2005)

Jon F Merz and Mildred K Cho

This article examines what it means to patent a gene. Numerous ethical concerns have been raised about the effects of ...

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A qualitative study of women’s views on medical confidentiality

Center for Bioethics Papers (2005)

G Jenkins, Jon F Merz and Pamela Sankar

Context: The need to reinvigorate medical confidentiality protections is recognised as an important objective in building patient trust necessary for ...

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'Iceland Inc.'?: On the ethics of commercial population genomics

Center for Bioethics Papers (2004)

Jon F Merz, Glenn E McGee and Pamela Sankar

A detailed analysis of the Icelandic commercial population-wide genomics database project of deCODE Genetics was performed for the purpose of ...

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The prevalence of patent interferences in gene technology

Center for Bioethics Papers (2004)

Jon F Merz and Michelle R Henry

Unlike all other countries in the world, the United States awards patents to the first to invent, not to the ...

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A Pilot Survey on the Licensing of DNA Inventions

Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)

Michelle R Henry, Mildred K Cho, Meredith A Weaver and Jon F Merz

Despite ethical concerns about gene patents, virtually no empirical evidence exists to support claims about either positive or negative effects, ...

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Improving Informed Consent: The Medium Is Not the Message

Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)

Patricia Agre, Frances A Campbell, Barbara D Goldman, Nancy Kass, et al.

An important type of research on informed consent involves empirically testing interventions designed to improve the consent process. Here we ...

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All Gifts Large and Small

Center for Bioethics Papers (2003)

Dana Katz, Arthur L. Caplan and Jon F Merz

Much attention has been focused in recent years on the ethical acceptability of physicians receiving gifts from drug companies. Professional ...

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Pilot Study: Does the White Coat Influence Research Participation?

Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)

Jon F Merz, Timothy R Rebbeck, Pamela Sankar and Emma A Meagher

In health care, the white coat symbolizes professionalism, trustworthiness, and competence; it also represents power. This suggests that the wearing ...

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Protecting Subjects' Interests in Genetics Research

Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)

Jon F Merz, David Magnus, Mildred K Cho and Arthur L. Caplan

Biomedical researchers often assume that sponsors, subjects, families, and disease-associated advocacy groups contribute to research solely because of altruism. This ...

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Diagnostic testing fails the test: The pitfalls of patents are ...

Center for Bioethics Papers (2002)

Jon F Merz, Antigone T Kriss, Debra G. B. Leonard and Mildred K Cho

Questions about the effects of patents and licensing are becoming critical in the United States, Europe and other developed countries ...

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Disease Genes Are Not Patentable: A Rebuttal of McGee

Center for Bioethics Papers (1998)

Jon F Merz

Dr. McGee presents a cogent argument for the patentability of the diagnosis of gene forms that are found to be ...

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