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What the Supreme Court’s Expected Ruling on Affirmative Action Might Mean for US Health Care

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Bollinger and the Fourteenth Amendment In this 2003 case involving the holistic admissions program at the University of Michigan Law School, which was patterned after Harvard’s, the Supreme Court revisited its decision in Bakke. Gregory Curfman , M.D. He is also the Deputy Editor of JAMA.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

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The extension of international protection to Ukrainian pets raises issues with respect to the legitimate expectations of future refugee populations. Seen from that angle, taking pets at war seriously is indeed a proper ethics challenge. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (LL.M

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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The paper that asserts “no” to the question comes from Michael Gusmano, Karen Maschke, and Mildred Solomon, all associated with the Hastings Center which does research into bioethics.

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How World AIDS Day 2024 Can Inform Healthcare in 2025

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million babies to be born HIV-free across 55 countries since its inception in 2003,” the press release explained. Bush, signed into law with bipartisan support in May of 2003. “PEPFAR—the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history—has saved more than 25 million lives and enabled more than 7.8