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	Health Care Report - http://home.att.net/~mwhodges/healthcare.htm This site, in data graphic form, shows U.S. live expectancy trends and health care spending compared to other nations, raising challenging questions today and looking forward.
	Public Health and Personal Freedom - http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/healthfreed.html Argues that more emphasis should be given to personal freedom over public health, using the example of alcohol.
	Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine - http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/cargocult.html Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories.
	Human Rights and the Aids Crisis: The Debate Over Resources - http://hrw.org/english/docs/2000/07/11/global2195.htm International human-rights standards can help point a useful direction while we prepare ourseleves to face a new public-health challenge that has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS.
	Medical Malpractice lawsuits - http://www.njlaws.com/medical_malpractice.htm Legal Information on medical malpractice lawsuits.

	No Caps On Non-Economic Medical Malpractice Awards - http://www.geocities.com/governmentwatch2002/capsmeds.html Facts sheets explaining attempts to legitimize negligent or incompetent conduct by health care providers.
	Not Another Generation Exposed To Asbestos - http://www.angelfire.com/al4/ban_asbestos/Not_Another_Generation_Exposed_To_Asbestos.html An examination of asbestos, its effects on the human body, the state of mesothelioma treatments, and pending legislation on asbestos issues.
	Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/25/1851/ From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data is readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug surveillance does not exist."

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