Please join the HMS Division of Medical Ethics for …
“Why patients should have access to all drugs without a prescription”
Jessica Flanigan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law
University of Richmond
Thursday, March 28, 2013; 4:00 – 5:30 PM
HMS Division of Medical Ethics
1st Floor Conference Room
641 Huntington Avenue, Boston
RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu
Jessica Flanigan is a philosopher whose research interests include the ethics of business and medicine, law, and public policy. Her current research addresses the ethics of self-medication and looks at the obligations of business leaders, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, and questions the role of public officials. She asks questions such as: Can business leaders harm consumers simply by giving them more options? Do public officials misuse their power when they prohibit potentially dangerous drugs? She is working on a book, Liberal Medicine, which is the first sustained philosophical inquiry into the ethics of medical regulations such as premarket safety and efficacy trials and the prescription drug system.