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» Human Rights and the Aids Crisis: The Debate Over Resources
   International human-rights standards can help point a useful direction while we prepare ourseleves to face a new public-health challenge that has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS.
   http://hrw.org/english/docs/2000/07/11/global2195.htm

» Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine
   Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories.
   http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/cargocult.html

» Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board
   From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and ana
   http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/25/1851/

» Medical Malpractice lawsuits
   Legal Information on medical malpractice lawsuits.
   http://www.njlaws.com/medical_malpractice.htm

» Not Another Generation Exposed To Asbestos
   An examination of asbestos, its effects on the human body, the state of mesothelioma treatments, and pending legislation on asbestos issues.
   http://www.angelfire.com/al4/ban_asbestos/Not_Another_Generation_Exposed_To_Asbestos.html

» Public Health and Personal Freedom
   Argues that more emphasis should be given to personal freedom over public health, using the example of alcohol.
   http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/healthfreed.html