Perspectives on Federal Disclaimer Legislation

Proposed federal legislation jeopardizes patient privacy.

In the last year there has been a move to enact federal legislation concerning private health-care information. This move has been fueled by a growing trend toward the computerization and electronic transmission of health-care information. These advances in technology call for appropriate new protections of patients' privacy. Unfortunately, the proposed legislation has not received adequate ...

Pending Legislation for Federal Aid to Science.

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Marketing Perspectives on Federal Communications Commission Policies

The author briefly critiques Federal Communications Commission policies and legislative actions as reported by Sappington and Stockdale (2003) and then provides some insights from a marketing science perspective. The author questions whether competition created through regulation produces the same benefits as natural competition and argues that when natural competition fails to produce desired ...

Last resort: the threat of federal steroid legislation--is the proposed legislation constitutional?

The european paediatric legislation: benefits and perspectives

BACKGROUND The lack of availability of appropriate medicines for children is an extensive and well known problem. Paediatricians and Physicians who take care of the paediatric population are primarily exposed to cope with this negative situation very often as more than half of the children are prescribed off-label or unlicensed medicines. DISCUSSION Medicinal products used to treat this popul...