Beyond Chicago: Will Activist Antitrust Arise Again?

Will ye no come back again?

Adverse Events Following Immunization: Will It Happen Again?

Parents may come to well-child checkup appointments equipped with lists of questions about vaccine safety and effectiveness. In this context, pediatricians may struggle to explain the value of vaccines when confronted with a difficult situation: an actual untoward event after administration of childhood vaccines. Often referred to as an adverse event following immunization (AEFI), 6 these event...

Beyond Schumpeter vs. Arrow: How Antitrust Fosters Innovation

Will Precision Medicine Move Us beyond Race?

n engl j med 374;21 nejm.org May 26, 2016 The use of an independent data and safety monitoring committee whose role is to review clinical trial data and make recommendations regarding changes to the trial’s conduct may also provide important quality control. That a trial being conducted to support potential regulatory approval warrants independent oversight is not a new concept, nor is it inten...

Advance care planning: Beyond the living will.

For a variety of reasons, the most commonly used advance directive documents (eg, the living will) may not be very useful in many situations that older adults encounter. The durable power of attorney for health care is a more versatile document. We advocate focusing less on "signing away" certain interventions and more on clarifying the goals of care in the ambulatory setting.