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George J. Annas

William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor

Chairman and Professor of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department, School of Public Health
Professor of Law
Professor, School of Medicine

AB, magna cum laude, Harvard College
JD, Harvard University
MPH, Harvard University


Biography

George Annas is the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and chair of the Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department of Boston University School of Public Health. He is also a professor in the Boston University School of Medicine and the School of Law. He is the cofounder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational professional association of lawyers and physicians working together to promote human rights and health. He has degrees from Harvard College (AB economics, ’67), Harvard Law School (JD ’70) and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH ’72), where he was a Joseph P. Kennedy Fellow in Medical Ethics. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Justice John V. Spalding of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and came to Boston University in 1972 as the director of the Center for Law & Health Sciences at the law school.

Professor Annas is the author or editor of 19 books on health law and bioethics, including Worst Case Bioethics: Death, Disaster, and Public Health (2010), American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries (2005), The Rights of Patients (3d ed. 2004), and a play entitled Shelley’s Brain, that has been presented to bioethics audiences across the US and in Australia. Professor Annas has been called “the father of patient rights,” “the doyen of American medico-legal analysts,” and a “national treasure.” Professor Annas wrote a regular feature on “law and bioethics” for the Hastings Center Report from 1976 to 1991, and a regular feature on “Public Health and the Law” in the American Journal of Public Health from 1982 to 1992. Since 1991 he has written a regular feature on “Legal Issues in Medicine” for the New England Journal of Medicine, now under the title “Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights.”

He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine, vice chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Health Rights and Bioethics (Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section), and a member of the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences. He has also held a variety of government regulatory posts, including vice chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, chair of the Massachusetts Health Facilities Appeals Board, and chair of the Massachusetts Organ Transplant Task Force.

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  • George J. Annas, (Re)criminalizing Abortion: Returning to the Political with Stories 51 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2023)
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  • George J. Annas & Heidi B. Kummer, Preventing the Slide down the Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Euthanasia While Protecting the Rights of People with Disabilities Who Are “Not Dead Yet.” 23 American Journal of Bioethics (2023)
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  • George J. Annas, Trust, Brutality, and Human Dignity: How “Partial Birth Abortion” Helps Shape American Biopolitics 48 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2022)
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  • George J. Annas & Sondra S. Crosby, Standard Racism: Trying to Use “Crisis Standards of Care” in the COVID-19 Pandemic 21 The American Journal of Bioethics (2021)
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  • Sondra S. Crosby, Lily Sonis & George J. Annas, The Boston Medical Center Immigrant Task Force: An Alternative to Teaching Immigration Law to Health Care Providers 49 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2021)
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  • Sondra S. Crosby & George J. Annas, Cop to Cop: Negotiating Privacy and Security in the Examining Room 48 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2021)
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  • George J. Annas, Introduction: Health and Human Rights 45 Human Rights Magazine (2020)
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  • George J. Annas, Rationing Crisis: Bogus Standards of Care Unmasked by COVID-19 20 The American Journal of Bioethics (2020)
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  • George J. Annas, Genome Editing 2020: Ethics and Human Rights in Germline Editing in Humans and Gene Drives in Mosquitoes 46 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2020)
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  • George J. Annas & Catherine L. Annas, “Unusual Care”: Groupthink and Willful Blindness in the SUPPORT Study 20 The American Journal of Bioethics (2020)
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  • George J. Annas, First Man and Second Woman: Reflections on the Anniversaries of Apollo 11 and Cruzan 73 SMU Law Review (2020)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas, Nicole Huberfeld & Michael Ulrich, Public Health Law, 3rd ed. (2019)
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  • George J. Annas, (Public) Health and Human Rights: Of Bridges and Matrixes 17 The American Journal of Bioethics (2017)
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  • George J. Annas & Michael A. Grodin, Frozen Ethics: Melting the Boundaries between Medical Treatment and Organ Procurement 17 The American Journal of Bioethics (2017)
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  • George J. Annas, Informed Consent: Charade or Choice 45 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2017)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, A Culture of Health and Human Rights 35 Health Affairs (2016)
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  • George J. Annas, Ebola and Human Rights: Post-9/11 Public Health and Safety in Epidemics 42 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2016)
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  • George J. Annas & Wendy K. Mariner, (Public) Health and Human Rights in Practice 41 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (2016)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Informed Consent and the First Amendment 372 The New England Journal of Medicine (2015)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Public Health Law, 2nd ed. (2014)
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  • George J. Annas, Money, Sex, and Religion – The Supreme Court's ACA Sequel 371 New England Journal of Medicine (2014)
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  • George J. Annas & Catherine L. Annas, Legally Blind: The Therapeutic Illusion in the SUPPORT Study of Extremely Premature Infants 30 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (2013)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Limiting “Sugary Drinks” to Reduce Obesity — Who Decides? 368 The New England Journal of Medicine (2013)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Leonard H. Glantz, Reframing Federalism — The Affordable Care Act (and Broccoli) in the Supreme Court 367 The New England Journal of Medicine (2012)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Women and Children Last — The Predictable Effects of Proposed Federal Funding Cuts 364 The New England Journal of Medicine (2011)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Leonard H. Glantz, Can Congress Make You Buy Broccoli? And Why That's a Hard Question 363 New England Journal of Medicine (2011)
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  • George J. Annas, American Vertigo: Dual Use, Prison Physicians, Research, and Guantanamo 43 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law (2011)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Health Insurance Politics in Federal Court 363 New England Journal of Medicine (2010)
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  • Leonard H. Glantz, Patricia Roche & George J. Annas, Gift Giving to Biobanks 10 The American Journal of Bioethics (2010)
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  • George J. Annas, Human Rights and American Bioethics: Resistance Is Futile 19 Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (2010)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Wendy E. Parmet, Pandemic Preparedness: A Return to the Rule of Law 1 Drexel Law Review (2009)
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  • Catherine L. Annas & George J. Annas, Enhancing the Fighting Force: Medical Research on American Soldiers 25 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (2009)
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  • Paula Lobato de Faria, Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Defining Health Law or the Edgewood Syndrome 25 Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública (2009)
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  • George J. Annas, The Changing Face of Family Law: Global Consequences of Embedding Physicians and Biotechnology in the Parent-Child Relationship 42 Family Law Quarterly (2008)
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  • George J. Annas, Health Care Reform in America: Beyond Ideology 5 Indiana Health Law Review (2008)
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  • George J. Annas, The Legacy of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial to American Bioethics and Human Rights 10 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (2008)
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  • George J. Annas, Rules for Donations to Tissue Banks: What Next? 358 New England Journal of Medicine (2008)
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  • George J. Annas, Medical Judgment in Court and in Congress - Abortion, Refusing Treatment, and Drug Regulation 34 Human Rights (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, Imagining a New Era of Neuroimaging, Neuroethics, and Neurolaw 33 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, Cancer and the Constitution: Choice at Life's End 357 New England Journal of Medicine (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, The Supreme Court and Abortion Rights 356 New England Journal of Medicine (2007)
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  • Kenneth R. Wing, Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Daniel S. Strouse, Public Health Law (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, Physicians and torture: lessons from the Nazi doctors 89 International Review of the Red Cross (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, Human Rights Outlaws: Nuremberg, Geneva, and the Global War on Terror 87 Boston University Law Review (2007)
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  • George J. Annas, Bioterror and “Bioart”: A Plague o' Both Your Houses 354 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, Intelligent Judging: Evolution in the Classroom and the Courtroom 354 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, Congress, Controlled Substances, and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Elephants in Mouseholes 354 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, Hunger Strikes at Guantanamo: Medical Ethics and Human Rights in a “Legal Black Hole” 355 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, DNA Testing, Banking, and Genetic Privacy 355 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, The Patient's Right to Safety: Improving the Quality of Care through Litigation against Hospitals 354 New England Journal of Medicine (2006)
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  • George J. Annas, The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care 6 American Journal of Bioethics (2006)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Leonard H. Glantz, Jacobson v Massachusetts: It's Not Your Great-Great-Grandfather's Public Health Law 95 American Journal of Public Health (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, “Culture of Life” Politics at the Bedside: The Case of Terri Schiavo 352 New England Journal of Medicine (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, I Want to Live: Medicine Betrayed by Ideology in the Political Debate over Terri Schaivo 35 Stetson Law Review (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, Unspeakably Cruel: Torture, Medical Ethics, and the Law 352 New England Journal of Medicine (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, Family Privacy and Death: Antigone, War, and Medical Research 352 New England Journal of Medicine (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, Jumping Frogs, Endangered Toads, and California's Medical-Marijuana Law 353 New England Journal of Medicine (2005)
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  • George J. Annas, Politics, Morals and Embryos 431 Nature (2004)
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  • George J. Annas, Extremely Preterm Birth and Parental Authority to Refuse Treatment: The Case of Sidney Miller 351 New England Journal of Medicine (2004)
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  • George J. Annas, The ABCs of Global Governance of Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Arbitrage, Bioethics and Cloning 39 New England Law Review (2004)
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  • George J. Annas, American Bioethics and Human Rights: The End of All Our Exploring 32 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2004)
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  • George J. Annas, Forcible Medication for Courtroom Competence: The Case of Charles Sell 350 New England Journal of Medicine (2004)
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  • George J. Annas, Bodily Integrity and Informed Choice in Times of War and Terror 30 Human Rights (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, Blinded by Bioterrorism: Public Health and Liberty in the 21st Century 13 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, HIPAA Regulations: A New Era of Medical-Record Privacy? 348 New England Journal of Medicine (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, Puppy Love: Bioterrorism, Civil Rights, and Public Health 55 Florida Law Review (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, Arbitrage, Bioethics, and Cloning: The ABCs ofGestating a United National Cloning Convention 35 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, The Right to Health and the Nevirapine Case in South Africa 348 New England Journal of Medicine (2003)
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  • George J. Annas, Bioterrorism, Public Health, and Civil Liberties 346 New England Journal of Medicine (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, Medical Privacy and Medical Research: Judging the New Federal Regulations 346 New England Journal of Medicine (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, Protecting the Endangered Human: Toward an International Treaty Prohibiting Cloning and Inheritable Alterations 28 American Journal of Law & Medicine (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, Cloning and the U.S. Congress 346 New England Journal of Medicine (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, Adventures with Lori Andrews 19 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, Moral Progress, Mental Retardation, and the Death Penalty 347 New England Journal of Medicine (2002)
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  • George J. Annas, The Wonderful World of Genetics 1 American Journal of Bioethics (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, Conjoined Twins: The Limits of Law at the Limits of Life 344 New England Journal of Medicine (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, “Partial-Birth Abortion” and the Supreme Court 344 New England Journal of Medicine (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, The Limits of State Laws to Protect Genetic Information 345 New England Journal of Medicine (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, The Limits of Law at the Limits of Life: Lessons from Cannibalism, Euthanasia, Abortion, and the Court-Ordered Killing of One Conjoined Twin to Save the Other 33 Connecticut Law Review (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, Testing Poor Pregnant Women for Cocaine: Physicians as Police Investigators 344 New England Journal of Medicine (2001)
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  • George J. Annas, The Rich Have More Money 5 Health and Human Rights (2000)
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  • George J. Annas, Ulysses and the Fate of Frozen Embryos - Reproduction, Research, or Destruction? 343 New England Journal of Medicine (2000)
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  • George J. Annas, Rules for Research on Human Genetic Variation: Lessons from Iceland 342 New England Journal of Medicine (2000)
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  • George J. Annas, Tobacco, the Food and Drug Administration, and Congress 344 New England Journal of Medicine (2000)
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  • George J. Annas, The Man on the Moon, Immortality, and Other Millennial Myths: The Prospects and Perils of Human Genetic Engineering 49 Emory Law Journal (2000)
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  • George J. Annas, Genetic Privacy: There Ought to Be a Law 4 Texas Review of Law & Politics (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, Burden of Proof: Judging Science and Protecting Public Health in (and out of) the Courtroom 89 American Journal of Public Health (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, Stem Cell Politics, Ethics and Medical Progress 5 Nature Medicine (1999)
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  • George J. Annas & Michael A. Grodin, Medical Ethics and Human Rights: Legacies of Nuremberg 3 Hofstra Law & Policy Symposium (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, Thalidomide and the Titanic: Reconstructing the Technology Tragedies of the Twentieth Century 89 American Journal of Public Health (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, Waste and Longing: The Legal Status of Placental Blood Banking 340 New England Journal of Medicine (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, The Last Resort: The Use of Physical Restraints in Medical Emergencies 341 New England Journal of Medicine (1999)
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  • George J. Annas, Protecting Soldiers from Friendly Fire: The Consent Requirement for Using Investigational Drugs and Vaccines in Combat 24 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, Human Cloning: A Choice or an Echo 23 University of Dayton Law Review (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, Human Rights and Health - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50 339 New England Journal of Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, Protecting Patients from Discrimination: The Americans with Disabilities Act and HIV Infection 339 New England Journal of Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, The Shadowlands: Secrets, Lies, and Assisted Reproduction 339 New England Journal of Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, A National Bill of Patients' Rights 338 New England Journal of Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, Human Rights and Maternal-Fetal HIV Transmission Prevention Trials in Africa 88 American Journal of Public Health (1998)
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  • Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas, Michael A. Grodin & Wendy K. Mariner, Taking Benefits Seriously in Developing Countries 28 The Hastings Center (1998)
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  • George J. Annas, Partial-Birth Abortion, Congress, and the Constitution 339 New England Journal of Medicine (1998)
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  • George J. Annas & John Robertson, Human Cloning - Should the United States Legislate against It 83 ABA Journal (1997)
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  • George J. Annas, Patients' Rights in Managed Care - Exit, Voice, and Choice 337 New England Journal of Medicine (1997)
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  • George J. Annas, Tobacco Litigation as Cancer Prevention: Dealing with the Devil 336 New England Journal of Medicine (1997)
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  • George J. Annas, Reefer Madness: The Federal Response to California's Medical-Marijuana Law 337 New England Journal of Medicine (1997)
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  • George J. Annas, The Bell Tolls for a Constitutional Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide 337 New England Journal of Medicine (1997)
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  • Frances H. Miller & George J. Annas, The Effect of Culture and Economics on Informed Consent in Japan Tsukuba Review of Law and Political Science (1997)
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  • Patricia Roche, Leonard H. Glantz & George J. Annas, The Genetic Privacy Act: A Proposal for National Legislation 37 Jurimetrics Journal (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, The Right to Die in America: Sloganeering from Quinlan and Cruzan to Quill and Kevorkian 34 Duquesne Law Review (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, Medicine and Human Rights: Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Doctors’ Trial 2 Health and Human Rights (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, Cowboys, Camels, and the First Amendment: The FDA's Restrictions on Tobacco Advertising 335 New England Journal of Medicine (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, Questing for Grails: Duplicity, Betrayal and Self-Deception Postmodern Medical Research 12 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects of Physician-Assisted Suicide 335 New England Journal of Medicine (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, The Politics of Human-Embryo Research: Avoiding Ethical Gridlock 334 New England Journal of Medicine (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, The Promised End - Physician-Assisted Suicide and Abortion 35 Duquesne Law Review (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, Facilitating Choice: Judging the Physician's Role in Abortion and Suicide 1 Quinnipiac Health Law Journal (1996)
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  • George J. Annas, Women and Children First 333 New England Journal of Medicine (1995)
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  • George J. Annas, Medicine, Death, and the Criminal Law 333 New England Journal of Medicine (1995)
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  • George J. Annas, Reframing the Debate on Health Care Reform by Replacing Our Metaphors 332 New England Journal of Medicine (1995)
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  • George J. Annas, Drafting the Genetic Privacy Act: Science, Policy, and Practical Considerations 23 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (1995)
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  • George J. Annas, The Health of the President and Presidential Candidates: The Public's Right to Know 333 New England Journal of Medicine (1995)
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  • George J. Annas, Margaret Somerville: A Refreshing Challenge 11 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (1994)
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  • George J. Annas & Frances H. Miller, The Empire of Death: How Culture and Economics Affect Informed Consent in the U.S., the U.K., and Japan 20 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, Asking the Courts to Set the Standard of Emergency Care - The Case of Baby K 330 New England Journal of Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, Informed Consent, Cancer, and Truth in Prognosis 330 New England Journal of Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, Scientific Evidence in the Courtroom: The Death of the Frye Rule 330 New England Journal of Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, When Should Preventive Treatment Be Paid for by Health Insurance? 331 New England Journal of Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, Death by Prescription 331 New England Journal of Medicine (1994)
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  • George J. Annas, Physician-Assisted Suicide -- Michigan's Temporary Solution 328 New England Journal of Medicine (1993)
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  • George J. Annas, Detention of HIV-Positive Haitians at Guantanamo 329 New England Journal of Medicine (1993)
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  • George J. Annas, Control of Tuberculosis -- The Law and the Public's Health 328 New England Journal of Medicine (1993)
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  • George J. Annas, Health Warnings, Smoking, and Cancer - The Cipollone Case 327 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Setting Standards for the Use of DNA-Typing Results in the Courtroom - The State of the Art 326 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • Leonard H. Glantz, Wendy K. Mariner & George J. Annas, Risky Business: Setting Public Health Policy for HIV-Infected Health Care Professionals 70 The Milbank Quarterly (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Changing the Consent Rules for Desert Storm 326 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Using Genes to Define Motherhood - The California Solution 326 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Adding Injustice to Injury - Compulsory Payment for Unwanted Treatment 327 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Risky Business: Setting Public Health Policy for HIV-infected Health Care Professionals 70 The Milbank Quarterly (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, The Changing Landscape of Human Experimentation: Nuremberg, Helsinki, and Beyond 2 Health Matrix, The Journal of Law-Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, The Supreme Court, Liberty, and Abortion 327 New England Journal of Medicine (1992)
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  • George J. Annas, Fetal Protection and Employment Discrimination - The Johnson Controls Case 325 New England Journal of Medicine (1991)
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  • George J. Annas, Restricting Doctor–Patient Conversations in Federally Funded Clinics 325 New England Journal of Medicine (1991)
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  • George J. Annas, Mengele's Birthmark: The Nuremberg Code in United States Courts 7 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (1991)
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  • George J. Annas, The Long Dying of Nancy Cruzan 19 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1991)
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  • George J. Annas, The Health Care Proxy and the Living Will 324 New England Journal of Medicine (1991)
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  • George J. Annas, Leonard H. Glantz & Wendy K. Mariner, The Right of Privacy Protects the Doctor-Patient Relationship 263 Journal of the American Medical Association (1990)
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  • Wendy K. Mariner, Leonard H. Glantz & George J. Annas, Pregnancy, Drugs, and the Perils of Prosecution 9 Criminal Justice Ethics (1990)
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  • George J. Annas, Nancy Cruzan and the Right to Die 323 New England Journal of Medicine (1990)
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  • George J. Annas, Mapping the Human Genome and the Meaning of Monster Mythology 39 Emory Law Journal (1990)
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  • George J. Annas, Doctors and Lawyers and Wolves 29 Jurimetrics Journal (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, Health Law at the Turn of the Century: From White Dwarf to Red Giant 21 Connecticut Law Review (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, Predicting the Future of Privacy in Pregnancy: How Medical Technology Affects the Legal Rights of Pregnant Women 13 Nova Law Review (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, The Supreme Court, Privacy, and Abortion 321 New England Journal of Medicine (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, Leonard H. Glantz & Wendy K. Mariner, Amici for Appellees: Brief for Bioethicists for Privacy as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appelles Brief for Bioethicists for Privacy as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees 15 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, Faith (Healing), Hope and Charity at the FDA: The Politics of AIDS Drug Trials 34 Villanova Law Review (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, The Politics of Transplantation of Human Fetal Tissue 320 New England Journal of Medicine (1989)
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  • George J. Annas, Fairy Tales Surrogate Mothers Tell 16 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1988)
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  • George J. Annas & John Robertson, Surrogate Parenthood 73 ABA Journal (1987)
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  • George J. Annas, The Impact of Medical Technology on the Pregnant Woman's Right to Privacy 13 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1987)
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  • George J. Annas, Protecting the Liberty of Pregnant Patients 316 New England Journal of Medicine (1987)
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  • George J. Annas, Trying to Live Forever 15 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1987)
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  • George J. Annas, Death and the Magic Machine: Informed Consent to the Artificial Heart 9 Western New England Law Review (1987)
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  • George J. Annas, Ethics of Embryo Research: Not as Easy at It Sounds 14 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1986)
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  • George J. Annas, Made in the U.S.A.: Legal and Ethical Issues in Artificial Heart Experimentation 14 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1986)
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  • George J. Annas, The Right of Elderly Patients to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment 64 The Milbank Quarterly (1986)
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  • George J. Annas, Conflicts-of-Interest Disqualification in Medical Malpractice Litigation 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1986)
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  • George J. Annas, Into the Hands of Strangers 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1985)
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  • George J. Annas, The Dog and His Shadow: A Response to Overcast and Evans 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1985)
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  • George J. Annas, Regulating Heart and Liver Transplantation 25 Jurimetrics Journal (1985)
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  • George J. Annas, Regulating Heart and Liver Transplants in Massachusetts: An Overview of the Report of the Task Force on Organ Transplantation 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1985)
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  • George J. Annas, Refusal of Lifesaving Treatment for Minors 23 Journal of Family Law (1984)
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  • George J. Annas, Competence to Refuse Medical Treatment: Autonomy vs. Paternalism 15 University of Toledo Law Review (1984)
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  • George J. Annas, In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer: Medicolegal Aspects of a New Technique to Create a Family 17 Family Law Quarterly (1983)
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  • George J. Annas, The Right to Refuse Treatment: A Model Act 73 American Journal of Public Health (1983)
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  • George J. Annas, Mandatory PKU Screening: The Other Side of the Looking Glass 72 American Journal of Public Health (1982)
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  • George J. Annas, The Emerging Stowaway: Patients' Rights in the 1980s 10 Law, Medicine and Health Care (1982)
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  • George J. Annas, Report on the National Commission: Good as Gold 8 Medicolegal News (1980)
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  • George J. Annas, The Case for Medical Licensure 8 Medicolegal News (1980)
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  • George J. Annas, How to Make the Massachusetts Patients' Bill of Rights Work 8 Medicolegal News (1980)
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  • George J. Annas, Fathers Anonymous: Beyond the Best Interests of the Sperm Donor 14 Family Law Quarterly (1980)
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  • George J. Annas, The Care of Private Patients in Teaching Hospitals: Legal Implications 56 Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (1980)
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  • George J. Annas, Negligent Samaritans Are No Good 7 Medicolegal News (1979)
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  • George J. Annas, Reconciling Quinlan and Saikewicz: Decision Making for the Terminally Ill Incompetent 4 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1979)
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  • George J. Annas, Special Report on Endangered Species and New Life Forms: Conversation with a Cockroach 6 Medicolegal News (1978)
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  • George J. Annas, Where Are the Health Lawyers When We Need Them 6 Medicolegal News (1978)
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  • George J. Annas, Judges at the Bedside: The Case of Joseph Saikewicz 6 Medicolegal News (1978)
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  • Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas & Barbara Katz, Scientific Research with Children: Legal Incapacity and Proxy Consent 11 Family Law Quarterly (1977)
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  • George J. Annas, Allocation of Artificial Hearts in the Year 2002: Minerva v. National Health Agency 3 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1977)
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  • George J. Annas, When You Enter the Hospital Check Your Rights at the Door 3 Student Lawyer (1975)
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  • George J. Annas, Medical Malpractice Litigation under National Health Insurance: Essential or Expendable 1975 Duke Law Journal (1975)
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  • George J. Annas, "Fitness" for Birth and Reproduction: Legal Implications of Genetic Screening 9 Family Law Quarterly (1975)
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  • George J. Annas, Law and Medicine: Myths and Realities in the Medical School Classroom 1 American Journal of Law & Medicine (1975)
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  • George J. Annas, The Patient Rights Advocate: Redefinig the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Hospital Context 27 Vanderbilt Law Review (1974)
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  • George J. Annas, Psychosurgery: The Law's Response 54 Boston University Law Review (1974)
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  • George J. Annas, Medical Remedies and Human Rights: Why Civil Rights Lawyers Must Become Involved in Medical Decision-Making 2 Human Rights (1972)
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  • WBUR November 13, 2023

    Harvard Report on Morgue Thefts Is Delayed, Frustrating Affected Families

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • National Catholic Bioethics Center March 27, 2023

    Transplant Bill Pressures Prisoners to Act Mercifully Out of Self-Interest

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • AP News February 8, 2023

    Organs in Exchange for Freedom? Bill Raises Ethical Concerns

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Boston Globe February 1, 2023

    A New Bill Would Let Mass. Prisoners Donate Organs for Reduced Sentences. Critics Call It ‘Coercive.’

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Grunge November 14, 2022

    This Is What Happens to Body Parts after Amputation

    George Annas provides insight.
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  • Ärzte-Zeitung October 22, 2022

    75 Years of the Nuremberg Code – and the Doctors Have Learned Nothing?

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Wicked Local August 15, 2022

    Massachusetts Aid-in-dying Bill May Have Slim Chance to Pass — But Support Grows

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • CBS Boston June 27, 2022

    Massachusetts Employers and Insurers Navigate Post-Roe America

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Today I Found Out June 24, 2022

    The Baby with The Baboon Heart

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Boston Globe May 31, 2022

    Insurers and Employers in Mass. Scramble to Keep Out-of-state Workers Covered for Abortion

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • The Daily Free Press March 15, 2022

    BU Medical Students Call on Boston Medical Center to Humanize Care, Stop Universal Shackling of Incarcerated Patients

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • NBC News Channel January 26, 2022

    Father of 2 Denied Heart Transplant for Being Unvaccinated

    George Annas is quoted.
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  • Nature Portfolio Bioengineering Community January 7, 2022

    The CRISPR Children – Episode 3

    George Annas' research is referenced.
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  • Grunge January 4, 2022

    What Would Really Happen If You Cloned Yourself?

    George Annas' research is referenced.
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  • Nature Biotechnology November 24, 2021

    The CRISPR Children

    George Annas is quoted.
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