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Telegraph Journal - MS funding sparks medical ethics debate
Published: 13 June 2011
One of Canada's leading medical ethicists said provincial funding for experimental medicine is fine, so long as it follows clinical methodology. But a Saint John area doctor said recent provincial funding for a controversial procedure is breaking those ethical guidelines.
Margaret Somerville is an expert in medical ethics at º«¹úÂãÎè. She warned of providing special treatment, and funding, to one disease over another. Too often, she said, conflict of interest enter into a situation, either furthering unsafe medical practice or keeping alternative treatments from willing patients.