Response to the Commentaries

Cities and Health: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

Response to commentaries.

Dr Klein‟s assertions about the origins of registers on drug-related death are inaccurate, probably due to misunderstanding some of the fundamental epidemiological indicators of drug misuse, including mortality. Whilst it is true that there were many deaths involving the misuse of opium, typically as laudanum, in the nineteenth century, the need for civil registration of deaths in the UK introd...

Latham’s Response to Commentaries

Response to commentaries.

In most cases, authors feel privileged to receive even one set of careful comments on a research article. To receive so many responses from such a distinguished group of researchers is an extraordinarily rare event. Obviously, those responses are quite varied, expressing a wide range of views on the contribution of the Berkovec, Canner, Gabriel, and Hannan (BCGH) article. In part, the diversity...

A Response to Commentaries

Our article "NFL Player Health Care: Addressing Club Doctors' Conflicts of Interests and Promoting Player Trust" focused on an inherent structural conflict that faces club doctors in the National Football League. The conflict stems from club doctors' dual role of providing medical care to players and providing strategic advice to clubs. We recommended assigning these roles to different individu...