Duke in the News: Feb. 25, 2003
Columnist: Honor Jesica and Improve the System | Essay: No, This War Would Not Be Moral | Op-Ed: Broaden the Slate | American Studies Under Fire, and more...
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
COLUMNIST: HONOR JESICA AND IMPROVE THE
SYSTEM
Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 25 -- A tale of error, loss and grief
will go for nothing unless we can respond well to it. ...
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--Also, Newsday: Transplant Teen Won't Be Organ Donor
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Malpractice Cap? Think of Jesica
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story
Charlotte Observer: Jesica Leaves Us Feeling All Our Griefs
Full story
Des Moines Register: Editorial: Make Medical Errors Public
Full story
Rocky Mountain News: Op-ed: Best and Worst for Jesica
Full story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Caught in PR Quagmire
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story
News & Observer: Editorial: Everyone's Child
Full story
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Did 'Shopping' Organs Have a Role in
Death?
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story
Herald-Sun: End-of-life Actions Still Raise Questions
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story
ESSAY: NO, THIS WAR WOULD NOT BE MORAL
Time, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. must realize that it isn't defeating
"evil" by going to war, says Stanley Hauerwas, a professor of
theological ethics at Duke University Divinity School. ...Full
story
OP-ED: BROADEN THE SLATE
Washington Post, Feb. 25 -- The process of nominating and
confirming federal judges is badly broken, says Walter Dellinger, a
Washington attorney and a law professor at Duke University who was
a senior Justice Department official from 1993 to 1997. ...
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AMERICAN STUDIES UNDER FIRE
Boston Globe, Feb. 23 -- Has American Studies lost its way? The 23
contributors to a new essay collection called "The Futures of
American Studies" (Duke University Press) contend that to use
"America" as a framework for studying history or literature is to
become, by definition, complicit in a litany of evils. ...
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LEATHERBACK TURTLES NEAR EXTINCTION, EXPERTS
SAY
National Geographic News, Feb. 24 -- Larry Crowder, a marine
scientist at Duke University, has detailed the plight of the
leatherback sea turtle, which is on the brink of extinction. ...
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AIDS VACCINE REPORT KICKS UP A
CONTROVERSY
USA Today, Feb. 25 -- Samuel Katz of Duke University, one of the
nation's leading vaccine experts and a member of the Food and Drug
Administration's vaccine advisory committee, says the unexpected
benefit of an AIDS vaccine among racial minorities is worth
pursuing. ...Full
story
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY BLOOD STEM CELL
UPI, Feb. 24 -- Nelson Chao, a hematologist and director of the
bone marrow transplant and stem cell transplant program at Duke
University, called the finding of adult stem cells originating in
the blood remarkable. It's a finding that could lead to an easily
accessible source of cells to treat diseases. ...Full
story