13 Quotes by David Magnus

Maybe they could have the veterinarians train people to carry out the executions.

On the one hand, this highlights the fact that conflicts of interest can be found in a lot of different arenas. It's also pretty clear that the amount of influence is modest.

I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.

To say insurance companies should pay for stuff that is completely unproven is asking a lot from insurance companies.

The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries. But I don't think this research comes even close to that.

The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.

On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine.

A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud.

This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.