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Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Mediator for Life’s Final Moments, Dies at 82

10 May 2024 at 21:45
A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age.

Β© James Estrin/The New York Times

Nancy Dubler, director of the bioethics division at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, spoke in 2005 with Fred Haber, who was at his wife’s bedside after a mediation session.

David Egilman, Doctor Who Took On Drug Companies, Dies at 71

15 April 2024 at 14:25
His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance by pharmaceutical makers.

Β© Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters

Dr. David Egilman in his office in Attleboro, Mass., in 2019. He spent his career taking on drug companies, such as Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, trying to increase accountability.

β€˜Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on β€˜Greenwashing’

12 April 2024 at 19:06
From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.

Β© Eva Plevier/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

Members of Fossil Free Netherlands, which has brought a lawsuit against the Dutch airline KLM for misleading consumers with its sustainability claims, outside the Amsterdam court in December.

Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants

A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new organs.

Β© Matt Patterson, via Associated Press

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston.
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