Struggle Over Online Cancer Service Spurs Larger Medical Ethics Debate
PUSHED ASIDE: E. Loren Buhle was a cofounder of OncoLink, but later battled with Penn administrators over its content. University's move to rein in a junior professor raises questions about responsibility for patient-care advice and the appropriate role of experts on the Internet. A recent struggle for control of a popular Internet cancer-information service at the University of Pennsylvania represents more than just an M.D.-vs.-Ph.D. rivalry in an academic department, according to physicians
 PUSHED ASIDE: E. Loren Buhle was a cofounder of OncoLink, but later battled with Penn administrators over its content. |
University's move to rein in a junior professor raises questions about responsibility for patient-care advice and the appropriate role of experts on the Internet. |
These larger questions have arisen in the dispute over OncoLink, which posts research and clinical oncology literature, as well as a wide range of patient-support information. Concerns include what responsibility providers have for information they disseminate and what the appropriate...
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