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Subject: What Does Bravery Look Like for Funders? (Opinion)
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The brother of a deceased major donor to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has filed a complaint against an oncologist there that highlights the fuzzy line between doctor-patient relationships, on the one hand, and donor care and feeding, on the other. Alain Cohen’s late brother, Marc, suffered from multiple myeloma and, as a major donor to the institute, had ready access to Kenneth C. Anderson, a renowned specialist in the disease. After Marc Cohen’s death from Covid complications in 2022, Anderson said Marc Cohen had been not his patient, but his friend, frustrating his family’s attempts to obtain his medical records. The disagreement “illustrates the potential risks for institutions when star doctors give special off-the-books access to trustees, donors, and other VIPs — a not uncommon arrangement at prestigious academic medical centers.” (Boston Globe)
A small civil rights nonprofit in Boston has become a key player in litigation to rein in the Trump administration. Lawyers for Civil Rights, a local affiliate of the national group Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is suing over Trump policies on birthright citizenship, sanctuary cities, and the temporary protected status program for immigrants. It has already scored early victories, including a temporary injunction against Trump’s effort to narrow birthright citizenship, but Trump ally and attorney John Eastman said that case could backfire on the group, when it inevitably reaches the Supreme Court. (Bloomberg Law)
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