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Prescribing the prescribed drugs?
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9/21/09
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Comment on “Privacy experts debate patient consent”
Dear all,
John Houston is wrong. Privacy is much more than a “societal
value,” it is a fundamental
constitutional right, according to the
prevailing constitutional case law. The
right “to be let alone” is the core
concept that underlies our Bill of
Rights (the first 10 amendments to the
Constitution) The failure of
policy-makers to realize this is perhaps
the most serious indictment of our
educational system and surely our law
schools. This why I am a member of the
American Constitution Society which
is doing its best to provide that
education.
Jim Pyles
James C. Pyles, Principal
POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE PC
1501 M Street NW, Seventh Floor | Washington, DC 20005-1700
tel 202.466.6550 | fax 202.785.1756
jim.pyles@ppsv.com |
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The NCMHPC has endorsed
and will continue to endorse legislation that
promotes mental health and substance abuse
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specific method of delivery of care or paying
for care, for example, we have endorsed
legislation that provides for government
expenditures for care. We will continue to
support mental health legislation when the
provisions do not undermine choice, quality,
access, and privacy.
William A.
MacGillivray, PhD, ABPP
President,
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