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Hypertens Res
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, FUJITSU Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan.
Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr
December 2024
Department of General, Visceral, and Oncological Surgery, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Int J Health Policy Manag
December 2024
Centre for Law and Genetics, Faculty of Law, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Borges and colleagues rightly argue that an international treaty is needed to curtail the profit-driven behaviour of the pharmaceutical industry during pandemics. The Pandemic Agreement currently being negotiated by Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) offers an important opportunity to equip nation states with greater leverage over industry behaviour. In this commentary, we examine the potential of current draft textual proposals for the Pandemic Agreement to redirect pharmaceutical behaviour in future pandemics.
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December 2024
Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, Australia.
Trans-national corporations (TNCs) are recognised as having an adverse impact on public health through the marketing and sale of unhealthy products. In addition to this some of their practices affect health, including taxation avoidance, lobbying politicians to gain favourable legislative and regulatory environments for their operations, and failure to abide by occupational health and safety standards. We argue that while considering the individual practices of commercial actors is crucial the true public health harms are only evident when the synergistic impacts of the practices are considered.
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November 2024
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, Bern, 3012, Switzerland.
As a professional duty, physicians are often required to publicly comment on health-related topics. However, ethical complexities can arise during discussions about high-profile individuals or events, especially in an era of rapid news cycles and digital media. The American Medical Association (AMA) has policies concerning physician commentary and media interactions, as does the American Psychiatric Association (i.
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