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Undisclosed Surgical Incentives Compromise Informed Consent

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
Rigorous oversight has achieved great success in ensuring fully informed consent from patients when choosing to take prescription drugs. As concerns about the influence of pharmaceutical gifts on physicians have increased, state legislatures have adopted
Randi Belisomo
doaj   +1 more source

Data Protection Act 1998

, 2006
An introduction to the Data Protection Act 1998 covering the history and basic principles of the act. Outlines the responsibilities of organisations collecting and processing data and the rights of the individual.
Simon James
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freedom of Information: influence upon professional practice in recordkeeping

Acervo, 2012
A legislação referente à liberdade de informação existe atualmente em muitos países, seguindo precedentes e diretrizes de organismos internacionais. É provável que leis similares continuem a ser adotadas em mais países e organizações. Este artigo analisa
Michael Cook
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V0000510 Data Protection Act 1998

, 2006
Exercise providing an introduction to the Data Protection Act of 1998. Includes background information, principles enshrined in the Act and a glossary of terms. Also provides interactive self assessment tests.
Lewis Jones
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zipime-Weka-Schista study protocol: a longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation of an integrated home-based approach for genital multipathogen screening in women, including female genital schistosomiasis, human papillomavirus, Trichomonas and HIV in Zambia

BMJ Open
Introduction Multiplathogen home-based self-sampling offers an opportunity to increase access to screening and treatment in endemic settings with high coinfection prevalence of sexually transmitted (HIV, Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv), human papillomavirus ...
Richard Hayes, Helen Kelly, Philippe Mayaud, Virginia Bond, Emily Webb, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Amaya L Bustinduy, Bellington Vwalika, Nkatya Kasese, Helen Ayles, Paul L A M Corstjens, Kwame Shanaube, Barry Kosloff, Rhoda Ndubani, Olimpia Lamberti, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Amy Sturt, Lisette Van Lieshout, Govert Van Dam, Bonnie Webster, Isaiah Hansingo   +20 more
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DCC Briefing Paper: Data protection

, 2006
The Data Protection Act 1998 ("the DPA") is a piece of UK legislation designed to strike a balance between the interests of the individual in maintaining privacy over their personal details and the possibly competing interests of those with legitimate ...
McGinley, Margaret
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source