Tgk1946's Blog

April 22, 2011

Phronesis, sent 20/4

Filed under: Bioethics, conflicts of interest, In the News — tgk1946 @ 12:17 pm

Ross Gittins (‘Looking to Aristotle for a guide on reform‘, 20/4) (more…)

March 31, 2011

Booze culture

Filed under: conflicts of interest — tgk1946 @ 8:10 am

Maybe Ricky Ponting will have time to speak out against the undue influence of the alcohol industry on our sporting codes.

June 20, 2010

Deactivating the Profit

Filed under: Bioethics, conflicts of interest — tgk1946 @ 4:25 pm

From What Broke My Father’s Heart. (more…)

May 17, 2010

Food choices

Filed under: conflicts of interest — tgk1946 @ 8:12 pm

The editorial (‘Realistic about obesity? Fat chance‘, 14/5) (more…)

March 15, 2010

Baby for sale

Filed under: Bioethics, conflicts of interest — Tags: — tgk1946 @ 6:12 am

The article on preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) (‘The gene genie‘, 14/3) (more…)

January 10, 2010

Prevention vs treatment

Filed under: conflicts of interest — Tags: , , — tgk1946 @ 10:07 am

Which entities in the chlamydia industry lose if prevention is successful? (more…)

August 24, 2009

Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems

Filed under: conflicts of interest, medicare rorts — tgk1946 @ 1:24 pm

See Rick Harper’s submission.

May 9, 2009

The world through the prism of The Age

Filed under: conflicts of interest — tgk1946 @ 8:30 am

Another half million or so refugees on the road, World trembles as Pakistan teeters.
The Age flogs the share-price of CSL-Merck, by boosting the power of the HPV vaccine to prevent genital warts. How long before we are told tax-payers have to pay to vaccinate 12yo boys?

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