Health Sciences 3040A/B Lecture Notes - Robert Sibbald, Palliative Care, Water Fluoridation
12 Mar 2014
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I know it when i see it justice potter stewart. Moving away from what can we do (fact driven) to the what should we do (values driven) Ethicists: academic, research ethicist, clinical ethicist, + combinations. State of accreditation: canadian bioethics society, american society for bioethics and humanities. Future of bioethics: vaccination policy, water fluoridation, distribution of resource. Critical care beds: health inequities, obesity, drugs/alcohol, gambling, wind farms. Range of oe issue: governance, end of life, priority setting (primarily budgeting, disclosure, human resource, treatment of uninsured, fundraising, business development, commercialization of research. Sandoz pharmaceuticals supply interruptions after fda visit, sandoz had to slow production at one of their 10 factories in. North america, later had a fire at same plant. Consequence: drug shortages expected over next 18months. You normally received shipments each week sandoz now providing estimates of future allocation one week at a time (ie. next week you should receive 50% normal allocation )
