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According to lecture and readings, which of the following powers do physicians still have today?   A) Provide you with an excuse for absences from school or work B) Determine their own prices without interference from government or insurance companies C) Provide access to prescription drugs D) Make the final decision about whether a patient is removed from life support E)  A & C F) All of these

Lyon and Mirivel (in lecture) found that drug maker Merck trained its sale force to increase physician liking and gain trust by doings things including:

Ramone argues that physicians should have honored Dax’s request to end treatment, because in this case, Dax’s suffering was too great for him to bear. Because Damon focuses on the outcomes of this particular case, we can say that his approach to moral reasoning is [Choice1]  

By law, pharmaceutical sales representatives can only provide physicians’ offices with educational material.  

List and define the three parts of the healthcare trilemma. If you represented a Hospital Association during health debates over the Affordable Care Act, which part of the trilemma would you try to convince the public is the most important problem to address with the current system? What would you say is causing that problem? Explain how that framing would that serve the hospital industry’s strategic interests.

According to Food, Inc. corn and corn-based products are are sold at cheap prices because:

If you were a hospital ethicist who wanted to promote dialogue between patients and caregivers about whether to resuscitate a very premature baby if it stops breathing, first ensure:

Pharmaceutical sales representatives are not required to have degrees in pharmaceutical sciences.  

Asthma activists frame asthma as a civil rights issue because of air pollution is worse in minority and low-income neighborhoods. We would best call this group:

What is the chromosomal composition in Klinefelter syndrome?