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Veronika J. Wirtz

Researcher at Boston University

Publications -  162
Citations -  3572

Veronika J. Wirtz is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 141 publications receiving 2780 citations. Previous affiliations of Veronika J. Wirtz include University of London & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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Promotion of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases: practical implications of the UN political declaration.

TL;DR: Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide and governments can promote access to new and future on-patent medicinal products through coherent and equitable health and trade policies, particularly those for intellectual property.
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Patient-doctor decision-making about treatment within the consultation--a critical analysis of models.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the fundamental problem that lies behind these limitations is insufficient attention to, and explicitness about, the dilemmas of professional ethics, which are played out in the professional-patient relationships that the models are supposed to represent.
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Estimating the Burden of Chagas Disease in the United States.

TL;DR: An updated national estimate of Chagas disease prevalence, the first state-level estimates of cases of T. cruzi infection in the US, is provided and state variation that reflects the distribution of at risk Latin American immigrant populations is demonstrated.
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An observational study of intravenous medication errors in the United Kingdom and in Germany

TL;DR: A high rate of i.v. medication errors of moderate to severe significance was found in two countries and three pharmacy services, with the majority of errors likely to be of 'moderate' to 'severe' outcome.