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From Healthcare To Hiring: Impacts Of Social And Public Policy On Disabled Veterans In The United States, Benjamin Michael Stoflet Jun 2022

From Healthcare To Hiring: Impacts Of Social And Public Policy On Disabled Veterans In The United States, Benjamin Michael Stoflet

Student Scholarship

The United States Government is struggling to fulfill commitments it has made to service members suffering from disabilities incurred during honorable service to the country. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation structure, job training programs, and methods of alternative dispute resolution is a patchwork resulting from decades of legislation creating a system where veterans often become locked in a complicated and often combative process to obtain benefits they have earned. Employers, advocacy groups, academics, and federal officials agree that there are systematic issues within the VA negatively impacting disabled veterans. These include a lack of patient-centered care, divergent …


Patient Decision Aids Improve Patient Safety And Reduce Medical Liability Risk, Thaddeus Pope Jan 2022

Patient Decision Aids Improve Patient Safety And Reduce Medical Liability Risk, Thaddeus Pope

Faculty Scholarship

Tort-based doctrines of informed consent have utterly failed to assure that patients understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives to the healthcare they receive. Fifty years of experience with the doctrine of informed consent have shown it to be an abject catastrophe. Most patients lack an even minimal understanding of their treatment options. But there is hope. Substantial evidence shows that patient decision aids (PDAs) and shared decision making can bridge the gap between the theory and practice of informed consent. These evidence-based educational tools empower patients to make decisions with significantly more knowledge and less decisional conflict than clinician-patient discussions …


A Prescription For Crisis: Opioids, Patients, And The Controlled Substances Act, Dennis Davis Jan 2022

A Prescription For Crisis: Opioids, Patients, And The Controlled Substances Act, Dennis Davis

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Minnesota's Children: The True Cost Of Minnesota's Lead Problem, Kaitlin Yira Jan 2022

Minnesota's Children: The True Cost Of Minnesota's Lead Problem, Kaitlin Yira

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

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American Motherhood - A Taking, Nicole Knight Jan 2022

American Motherhood - A Taking, Nicole Knight

Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice

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Boarding Mental Health Patients In Minnesota Emergency Departments--The Unintended Consequence Of An Inadequate Mental Health System, Jordan Engler Jan 2022

Boarding Mental Health Patients In Minnesota Emergency Departments--The Unintended Consequence Of An Inadequate Mental Health System, Jordan Engler

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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