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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
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Medical Malpractice lawsuits
Legal Information on medical malpractice lawsuits.
http://www.njlaws.com/medical_malpractice.htm
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Medprivacyblog
Monitoring HIPAA and other medical privacy news
http://dansch.rr.nu/medprivacyblog/
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No Caps On Non-Economic Medical Malpractice Awards
Facts sheets explaining attempts to legitimize negligent or incompetent conduct by health care
providers.
http://www.geocities.com/governmentwatch2002/capsmeds.html
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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
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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://www.hrw.org/editorials/2000/aids-p1.htm
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Health Insurance
Most primary care providers will have a network of colleagues they can recommend specialty
services. Article says your health care needs are best met when your care is coordinated between
your primary care provider and your specialists. From Health4her.com.
http://health4her.com/library/concerns/health-insurance.cfm
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Health Care Report
This site, in data graphic form, shows U.S. live expectancy trends and health care spending
compared to other nations, raising challenging questions today and looking forward.
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/healthcare.htm
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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
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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 analyzing large amounts of data is
readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug
surveillance does not exist."
http://www.nejm.org/content/1998/0339/0025/1851.asp
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