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JAMA Health Forum
Viewpoint
October 11, 2024
Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
open access
JAMA Health Forum. 2024; 5(10):e242917. 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2917
This Viewpoint discusses potential benefits and obstacles regarding US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of laboratory-developed tests.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
Health and the 2024 US Election
July 30, 2024
I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE
JAMA. 2024; 332(14):1141-1142. 10.1001/jama.2024.14605
This Viewpoint discusses whether the federal EMTALA act requires that hospitals provide abortions when needed to protect the health of the pregnant person, even if prohibited by state law.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
Health and the 2024 US Election
June 18, 2024
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE; Peter Lurie, MD, MPH; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2024; 332(9):705-706. 10.1001/jama.2024.11987
In this Viewpoint, the authors refute recent suggestions that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not accountable for its decisions, pointing out the legal, legislative, and executive checks and balances on the agency.
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JAMA Network Open
Consensus Statement
Ethics
June 4, 2024
Amy L. McGuire, JD, PhD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Dominic Sisti, PhD; Matthew Baggott, PhD; Yuria Celidwen, PhD; Neşe Devenot, PhD; Sabrina Gracias, CFA; Charles Grob, MD; Ifetayo Harvey, BA; Brent Kious, MD, PhD; Mason Marks, MD, JD; Michael Mithoefer, MD; Elizabeth Nielson, PhD; Dost Öngür, MD, PhD; Alexandra Pallas, BA; Andrew Peterson, PhD; Eduardo E. Schenberg, PhD; Paul Summergrad, MD; Brett Waters, JD; Monnica T. Williams, PhD; David B. Yaden, PhD
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JAMA Netw Open. 2024; 7(6):e2414650. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.14650
This consensus statement identifies key ethics and policy issues for the future integration of psychedelic therapies into clinical practice.
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JAMA Psychiatry
Special Communication
April 10, 2024
Mason Marks, MD, JD; Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD; Carmel Shachar, JD, MPH; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
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JAMA Psychiatry. 2024; 81(6):611-617. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0184
This Special Communication discusses the essential elements of designing and implementing informed consent practices for psychedelic medicine.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
March 4, 2024
Rebecca S. Feinberg, JD, MBe, MS; Michael S. Sinha, MD, JD, MPH; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2024; 331(13):1083-1084. 10.1001/jama.2024.3559
This Viewpoint discusses the Alabama Supreme Court’s opinion on in vitro fertilization and how it plays into a larger push for fetal and embryonic personhood.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
February 22, 2024
Rebekah J. Ninan, BA, MMSc; I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS
JAMA. 2024; 331(10):825-826. 10.1001/jama.2024.1140
This Viewpoint examines current state-level approaches to addressing the increased incidence of violence against health care workers, as well as how laws are adapting to protect health care personnel.
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JAMA Health Forum
Viewpoint
February 16, 2024
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Daniel P. O’Mahony, MSLS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
open access
JAMA Health Forum. 2024; 5(2):e235386. 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.5386
This Viewpoint describes key provisions of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and discuss the proposed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule, as well as its application to health care employment in particular.
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JAMA
Comment & Response
January 23, 2024
Philip A. Gruppuso, MD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2024; 331(4):358-358. 10.1001/jama.2023.23400
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JAMA Internal Medicine
Viewpoint
Health Care Policy and Law
December 4, 2023
Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS
JAMA Intern Med. 2023; 184(1):9-10. 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6331
This Viewpoint discusses the litigation strategy of state-initiated lawsuits alleging illegal and immoral conduct regarding the pricing of insulin by pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers.
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JAMA Pediatrics
Viewpoint
Adolescent Mental Health
October 16, 2023
Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH; Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
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JAMA Pediatr. 2023; 177(12):1253-1254. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4215
This Viewpoint discusses benefits and risks of using conversational artificial intelligence platforms to deliver psychotherapy to adolescents.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
August 25, 2023
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Philip A. Gruppuso, MD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2023; 330(11):1031-1032. 10.1001/jama.2023.14886
This Viewpoint reviews how the recent US Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action affects extant medical school admission policies seeking to enhance diversity of the national medical student body and its derivative national health care workforce.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
August 18, 2023
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Daniel P. O’Mahony, MSLS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2023; 330(10):911-912. 10.1001/jama.2023.15380
This Viewpoint discusses the maternal mortality crisis in the US, the need for an extension of Medicaid postpartum coverage, and the residual challenges across the US related to maternal health.
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JAMA Health Forum
Viewpoint
August 4, 2023
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Allen J. Wilcox, MD, PhD
open access
JAMA Health Forum. 2023; 4(8):e232257. 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2257
This Viewpoint discusses recent judicial developments and the newly-enunciated FDA position that levonorgestrel is a nonabortifacient.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
July 13, 2023
I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Mary Ziegler, JD
JAMA. 2023; 330(5):405-406. 10.1001/jama.2023.9360
This Viewpoint explains the history of the Comstock Act, its use by those seeking to restrict abortion, and why it threatens abortion access in the US.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
AI in Medicine
July 6, 2023
Timo Minssen, LLD; Effy Vayena, PhD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
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JAMA. 2023; 330(4):315-316. 10.1001/jama.2023.9651
This Viewpoint discusses how regulators across the world should approach the legal and ethical challenges, including privacy, device regulation, competition, intellectual property rights, cybersecurity, and liability, raised by the medical use of large language models.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
January 19, 2023
Jacob S. Sherkow, JD, MA; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
JAMA. 2023; 329(7):533-534. 10.1001/jama.2023.0013
This Viewpoint reviews California’s recently proposed CalRx initiative to manufacture biosimilar insulin, highlights challenges facing the initiative, and suggests ways in which, if successful, the initiative could serve as a model for state-managed development of drugs other than insulin, reduce drug prices, and provide other benefits.
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JAMA Health Forum
Viewpoint
January 6, 2023
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Daniel P. O’Mahony, MSLS; I. Glenn Cohen, JD
open access
JAMA Health Forum. 2023; 4(1):e224824. 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4824
This Viewpoint examines the future role of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
December 8, 2022
Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD; I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS
JAMA. 2022; 328(24):2394-2395. 10.1001/jama.2022.22986
This Viewpoint discusses the controversy surrounding the FDA’s efforts to withdraw Makena from the market and the broader implications for the accelerated approval pathway.
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JAMA
Viewpoint
October 24, 2022
I. Glenn Cohen, JD; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS; Seema Mohapatra, JD, MPH
JAMA. 2022; 328(19):1903-1904. 10.1001/jama.2022.19471
This Viewpoint discusses the new Colorado law prohibiting anonymous gamete donation and other debates over reproductive technologies and secrecy.