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Full-Text Articles in Law
Getting Rid Of The Vegetables, David F. Forte
Getting Rid Of The Vegetables, David F. Forte
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
There ought to be a more accurate term that describes not just the medical condition but the underlying humanity of the afflicted person. Perhaps something like "Persistent conscious condition" would be a more technically descriptive and less morally freighted substitute. It would, in fact, communicate a more complete picture of what is going on.
Bioethics And The Family: The Cautionary View From Family Law, Carl E. Schneider
Bioethics And The Family: The Cautionary View From Family Law, Carl E. Schneider
Articles
For many years, the field of bioethics has been specially concerned with how the authority to make medical decisions should be allocated between doctor and patient. Today the patient's power-indeed, the patient's right-is widely acknowledged, at least in principle. But this development can hardly be the last word in our thinking about how medical decisions should be made. For one thing, sometimes patients cannot speak for themselves. For another, patients· make medical decisions in contexts that significantly include more participants than just the patient and doctor. Now, as this conference demonstrates, bioethics is beginning to ask what role the patient's …
Screening And Treatment Of Newborns, Ellen Wright Clayton
Screening And Treatment Of Newborns, Ellen Wright Clayton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
With the advent of new genetic technologies and the Human Genome Initiative, interest in the problems posed by genetic diagnostics in general, and by genetic screening in particular, has surfaced. Many recent works focus on the problems posed by the "new genetics" in the contexts of prenatal diagnosis, carrier detection, employment, and insurance. In the midst of all this discussion, the routine testing of newborns for genetic disorders seems relatively uncomplicated and has, in fact, become "a part of common practice and accepted public policy with little thought having been given to the implications." The relative lack of concern about …
One Hundred Years Of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence Of Medical Malpractice, Theodore Silver
One Hundred Years Of Harmful Error: The Historical Jurisprudence Of Medical Malpractice, Theodore Silver
Scholarly Works
In this Article, Professor Silver examines the origins of present-day malpractice law. He begins by noting that negligence and medical malpractice as the common law now knows them made their debut in the nineteenth century although their roots lie deep in the turf of trespass and assumpsit. He argues, however, that toward the turn of the century several episodes of linguistic laziness purported to produce a separation between negligence and medical malpractice so that the two fields are conventionally thought to rest on separate doctrinal foundations. According to Professor Silver, historically based scrutiny of medical malpractice and its ties to …
Comparing Medical Provider Performance: A First Look At The New Era Of Medical Statistics, Aaron Twerski, Neil B. Cohen
Comparing Medical Provider Performance: A First Look At The New Era Of Medical Statistics, Aaron Twerski, Neil B. Cohen
Faculty Scholarship
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"Comparing Medical Provider Performance: A First Look At The New Era Of Medical Statistics", Neil B. Cohen, Aaron D. Twerski
"Comparing Medical Provider Performance: A First Look At The New Era Of Medical Statistics", Neil B. Cohen, Aaron D. Twerski
Faculty Scholarship
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The World Of Law, Science And Medicine, According To George P. Smith, Ii, Raymond C. O'Brien
The World Of Law, Science And Medicine, According To George P. Smith, Ii, Raymond C. O'Brien
Scholarly Articles
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