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SSRN Top Ten Health Law Downloads Between May 15 and July 14, 2010

The following are the top ten SSRN downloads for Health Law for the period between May 15 and July 14, 2010:

Rank	Downloads	Paper Title
1	197	Over-Parenting Gaia Bernstein, Zvi H. Triger, Seton Hall University - School of Law, The College of Management School of Law, Date posted to database: April 13, 2010 Last Revised: June 9, 2010
2	153	The Weirdest People in the World? Joe Henrich, Steven J. Heine, Ara Norenzayan, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of British Columbia (UBC), Date posted to database: May 11, 2010 Last Revised: May 13, 2010
3	108	The European Regulatory Response to the Volcanic Ash Crisis between Fragmentation and Integration Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris - Law Department, Date posted to database: May 19, 2010 Last Revised: May 30, 2010
4	100	Insurance in Sociolegal Research Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Date posted to database: May 11, 2010 Last Revised: May 11, 2010
5	86	Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface Laurence R. Helfer, Graeme W. Austin, Duke University - School of Law, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, Date posted to database: May 20, 2010 Last Revised: May 26, 2010
6	78	The Health-Related Tax Provisions of PPACA and HCERA: Contingent, Complex, Incremental and Lacking Cost Controls Edward A. Zelinsky, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Date posted to database: July 2, 2010 Last Revised: July 11, 2010
7	76	Unethical Female Stereotyping in Reproductive Health Rebecca J. Cook, Simone A. Cusack, Bernard Dickens, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, Date posted to database: May 6, 2010 Last Revised: May 21, 2010
8	69	Six Secret (and Now Open) Fears of ACTA Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School, Date posted to database: June 15, 2010 Last Revised: June 20, 2010
9	68	Ensuring Government Accountability During Public Health Emergencies Fazal Khan, University of Georgia - School of Law, Date posted to database: May 21, 2010 Last Revised: June 28, 2010
10	66	Employment-Based Health Insurance: Is Health Reform a ‘Game Changer?’ David A. Hyman, University of Illinois - College of Law, Date posted to database: June 16, 2010 Last Revised: June 16, 2010

36% of Physicians Don't Believe in Reporting Impaired Colleagues

It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that 36% of physicians state that they may not report an impaired colleague. Researchers from the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital surveyed 1,891 doctors in various specialties in Physicians' Perceptions, Preparedness for Reporting, and Experiences Related to Impaired and Incompetent Colleagues.

The reasons given for a failure to report include a belief that someone else will report, fear of retribution and a belief that reporting will not make any difference. According to the WSJ Health Blog, “[t]he authors also noted that physicians who belonged to one- or two-person practices, are a racial or ethnic minority or who graduated from non-U.S. med schools were less likely to report a physician colleague. Those at hospitals or med schools were most likely to do so."