NewsHour : medical ethics & issues. Part 3 [videorecording] / [MacNeil/Lehrer Productions]
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Originally broadcast as segments of: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
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NewsHour : medical ethics & issues. Part 3 [videorecording] / [MacNeil/Lehrer Productions]
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Lehrer, James.
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English
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Assisted suicide: a case study: Lee Hochberg guides viewers through the U.S. Supreme Court case concerning Oregon's assisted suicide law; Margaret Warner interviews doctors and activists regarding the controversy. , Embryonic stem cell tests: Susan Dentzer studies two new techniques for creating stem cells and the ethical and religious concerns surrounding them. , Debating drug company gifts: Gwen Ifill and two experts discuss a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Big Pharma marketing tactics--and their effects on patients. , Drug safety: Margaret Warner interviews FDA Commissioner Dr. Andrew Von Eschenbach about administrative changes designed to improve oversight of prescription drugs. , Mandatory cervical cancer vaccine debate: After a background report from Susan Dentzer on the human papillomavirus, two guests debate mandatory HPV vaccinations for school-age girls. , Pricing drugs: Ray Suarez focuses on efforts by states to make prescription drugs more affordable. His guests are Marjorie Powell of PHARMA and Kevin Concannon, director of the Iowa Department of Human Services.