Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications
Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications examines age, environment, chronic disease, social health determinants, maternal and child health, and mental health all in an effort to understand and improve the health of populations as a whole. These publications contain risk assessment and examinations of various health determinants to understand the health and circumstances of certain populations.
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Submissions from 1997
Film and Narrative in Bioethics: Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru, Charles Weijer
Selecting Subjects for Participation in Clinical Research: An Empirical Inquiry and Ethical Analysis, Charles Weijer
The Placebo Effect, Charles Weijer
Bioethics for Clinicians: 10. Research Ethics, Charles Weijer, Bernard Dickens, and Eric M. Meslin
Submissions from 1996
Placebo Orthodoxy in Clinical Research II: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Kathleen Cranley Glass, and Charles Weijer
Placebo Orthodoxy in Clinical Research I: Empirical and Methodological Myths, Benjamin Freedman, Charles Weijer, and Kathleen Cranley Glass
CCNP Position Paper on the Use of Placebos in Psychiatry, William C. Friend and Charles Weijer
Structuring the Review of Human Genetics Protocols: Gene Localization and Identification Studies, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Charles Weijer, Roberta M. Palmour, Stanley H. Shapiro, Trudo M. Lemmens, and Karen Lebacqz
Do the Right Thing, Charles Weijer
Ethical Issues in Research, Charles Weijer
Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality, Charles Weijer
Evolving Ethical Issues in Selection of Subjects for Clinical Research, Charles Weijer
Placebo Controls Are Not Good Science, Charles Weijer
Down with Placebolatry, Charles Weijer and Carl Elliott
What Difference Does It Make to Be Treated in a Clinical Trial? A Pilot Study, Charles Weijer, Benjamin Freedman, Abraham Fuks, James Robbins, Stanley Shapiro, and Myriam Skrutkowska
Submissions from 1995
Cruel and Unusual Treatment, Carl Elliott and Charles Weijer
Biomedical Research: Collaboration and Conflict of Interest, Charles Weijer
Characterizing the Population in Clinical Trials: Barriers, Comparability, and Implications for Review, Charles Weijer
Democracy in Medicine?, Charles Weijer
The Ethics and Politics of Human Experimentation, Charles Weijer
Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment, Charles Weijer
Kenneth V. Iserson. Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies?, Charles Weijer
Learning from the Dutch: Physician-assisted Death, Slippery Slopes and the Nazi Analogy, Charles Weijer
Our Bodies, Our Science, Charles Weijer
The Breast Cancer Research Scandal: Addressing the Issues, Charles Weijer