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Perceiving Others As Different: A Discussion On The Stigmatization Of The Mentally Ill, Marchell Goins, Kyneitres Good, Cori Harley Jan 2010

Perceiving Others As Different: A Discussion On The Stigmatization Of The Mentally Ill, Marchell Goins, Kyneitres Good, Cori Harley

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

This commentary on the stigmatization of people with mental illness explores social perceptions of them as dangerous and uncivilized. The authors discuss how the legal system suggests that these are people who should be ousted from the community while mental health professionals attempt to reiterate the fact that these individuals are simply human. The authors describe ways people with mental illness have been subjected to discrimination, ridicule, and humiliation. This commentary discusses multiple perspectives of mental illness, from past to present, and how those perspectives influenced social, legal, and psychological frameworks.


Volunteer Prisoners Provide Hospice To Dying Inmates, Janice A. Cichowlas, Yi-Ju Chen Jan 2010

Volunteer Prisoners Provide Hospice To Dying Inmates, Janice A. Cichowlas, Yi-Ju Chen

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Hurricane Katrina And The Legal And Bioethical Implications Of Involuntary Euthanasia As A Component Of Disaster Management In Extreme Emergency Situations, Fredericka K. Shea Jan 2010

Hurricane Katrina And The Legal And Bioethical Implications Of Involuntary Euthanasia As A Component Of Disaster Management In Extreme Emergency Situations, Fredericka K. Shea

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Past, Present, And Future Of Government Contracting In Healthcare, James W. Kim Jan 2010

The Past, Present, And Future Of Government Contracting In Healthcare, James W. Kim

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Managed Care In A Low-Resource Economy - The Nigerian Experience, Aimalohi E. Akporiaye Jan 2010

Managed Care In A Low-Resource Economy - The Nigerian Experience, Aimalohi E. Akporiaye

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Lessons Learned: The Offensive Use Of Medical Evidence In Criminal Defense Cases, Elliott B. Oppenheim Jan 2010

Lessons Learned: The Offensive Use Of Medical Evidence In Criminal Defense Cases, Elliott B. Oppenheim

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Doctor-Patient Communication: Some Suggestions From A Plaintiff's Trial Lawyer, Curt N. Rodin Jan 2010

Doctor-Patient Communication: Some Suggestions From A Plaintiff's Trial Lawyer, Curt N. Rodin

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Hundred-Plus-Year War Between Physicians And Attorneys: Peace In Our Time, Marshall B. Kapp Jan 2010

The Hundred-Plus-Year War Between Physicians And Attorneys: Peace In Our Time, Marshall B. Kapp

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Implementing Interoperable Electronic Medical Records, James C. Dechene Jan 2010

The Challenge Of Implementing Interoperable Electronic Medical Records, James C. Dechene

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Medical Research Regulation After More Than Twenty-Five Years: Old Problems, New Challenges, And Regulatory Imbalance, Richard S. Saver Jan 2010

Medical Research Regulation After More Than Twenty-Five Years: Old Problems, New Challenges, And Regulatory Imbalance, Richard S. Saver

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Fee-For-Disservice: Medicare Fraud In The Home Healthcare Industry, Brooke Benzio Jan 2010

Fee-For-Disservice: Medicare Fraud In The Home Healthcare Industry, Brooke Benzio

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Recovery Audit Contractor Reviews: Knowing What You Are Up Against Is Half The Battle, Amee Patel Jan 2010

Recovery Audit Contractor Reviews: Knowing What You Are Up Against Is Half The Battle, Amee Patel

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Kendell L. Coker, Lawrence Singer, John Blum Jan 2010

Foreword, Kendell L. Coker, Lawrence Singer, John Blum

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Access To Medicine In An Era Of Fractal Inequality, Frank Pasquale Jan 2010

Access To Medicine In An Era Of Fractal Inequality, Frank Pasquale

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

This article evaluates the legitimacy and degree of inevitability of unequal access to medicine. The author introduces 'fractal inequality' to the access issue by using the term to describe skewed patterns in distributions of income and wealth that lead to reallocative effects of higher spending on health care by the wealthiest that can cascade down the distributive ladder. 'Fractal inequality' is transposed to the U.S. health care sector to explain the trend away from medical need toward ability to pay. The author cautions U.S. policymakers to consider international access problems instead of exacerbating those issues when domestic access to care …


Pharmaceutical Pricing: A Review Of Proposals To Improve Access And Affordability Of Prescription Drugs, Paula Tironi Jan 2010

Pharmaceutical Pricing: A Review Of Proposals To Improve Access And Affordability Of Prescription Drugs, Paula Tironi

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

This article discusses how pharmaceutical innovation achieves remarkable improvements in human health but a significant portion of the U.S. population cannot afford prescription drugs. The author examines ways that patent protection, generics, supply chain complexity, and the cost of innovation and promotion affect access and affordability. The author then looks at the influences of marketing strategies and industry trends such as the patent cliff and pipeline for new drugs, innovations in biotechnology and genomics, comparative effectiveness analysis, and payor and employer strategies on drug prices. An analysis of reform proposals in the context of industry trends suggests that promoting generic …


Post-Mortem Pregnancy: A Proposed Methodology For The Resolution Of Conflicts Over Whether A Brain Dead Pregnant Woman Should Be Maintained On Life-Sustaining Treatment, Alexis Gregorian Jan 2010

Post-Mortem Pregnancy: A Proposed Methodology For The Resolution Of Conflicts Over Whether A Brain Dead Pregnant Woman Should Be Maintained On Life-Sustaining Treatment, Alexis Gregorian

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

In this article, the author examines conflicts over whether to maintain a brain dead pregnant woman on life-sustaining treatment. The author cautions that on the rare occasions when courts are confronted with such a conflict, they should employ a consistent methodology for resolution of the conflict and attempt to honor the wishes of the post-mortem mother and her family. The author draws on relevant areas of law to demonstrate the existence of a legal fiction that protects the interests of post-mortem pregnant women in refusing medical treatment. This article then proceeds to propose a methodology that enables courts to account …


Charter Rights & Health Care Funding: A Typology Of Canadian Health Rights Litigation, Colleen M. Flood, Y.Y. Brandon Chen Jan 2010

Charter Rights & Health Care Funding: A Typology Of Canadian Health Rights Litigation, Colleen M. Flood, Y.Y. Brandon Chen

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Canadian health consumers have increasingly relied on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to demand certain therapies and reasonably timely access to care. Organizing these cases into a 5-part typology, we examine how a rights-based discourse affects allocation of health care resources. First, successful Charter challenges can, in theory, lead to courts granting and enforcing positive rights to therapies or to timely care. Second, courts may grant a right to certain health services; however, subsequently government fails to deliver on this right. Third, successful litigation may create negative rights, i.e. rights to access care or private health insurance without government …


Wither The Next Phase Of Health Law, Ed Bryant Jan 2010

Wither The Next Phase Of Health Law, Ed Bryant

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Twenty-Five Years Of Health Law Through The Lens Of The Civil False Claims Act, Joan H. Krause Jan 2010

Twenty-Five Years Of Health Law Through The Lens Of The Civil False Claims Act, Joan H. Krause

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Long Term Care: The Next Healthcare Frontier, Seth J. Chandler Jan 2010

Long Term Care: The Next Healthcare Frontier, Seth J. Chandler

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Health Law Past And Future: Looking For Stability In All The Wrong Places, Peter D. Jacobson Jan 2010

Health Law Past And Future: Looking For Stability In All The Wrong Places, Peter D. Jacobson

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Health Law Attorneys In The U.S. Army, Joseph Baar Topinka Jan 2010

The Importance Of Health Law Attorneys In The U.S. Army, Joseph Baar Topinka

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Healthcare Fraud Enforcement And Corporate Compliance... With A Kentucky Flavor, John E. Steiner Jr. Jan 2010

Reflections On Healthcare Fraud Enforcement And Corporate Compliance... With A Kentucky Flavor, John E. Steiner Jr.

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Some Lessons Learned From The Aids Pandemic, Mark E. Wojcik Jan 2010

Some Lessons Learned From The Aids Pandemic, Mark E. Wojcik

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Aftermath Of Federal Health Care Reform: The Challenge For States And The Private Sector, Lawrence E. Singer Jan 2010

The Aftermath Of Federal Health Care Reform: The Challenge For States And The Private Sector, Lawrence E. Singer

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Towards Achieving Lasting Healthcare Reform: Rethinking The American Social Contract, Fazal Khan Jan 2010

Towards Achieving Lasting Healthcare Reform: Rethinking The American Social Contract, Fazal Khan

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


A Review Of The Patient-Safety Improvements Since Iom Report: How The Healthcare Delivery System Progressed And The Challenges That Remain, Jennifer Groszek Jan 2010

A Review Of The Patient-Safety Improvements Since Iom Report: How The Healthcare Delivery System Progressed And The Challenges That Remain, Jennifer Groszek

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Life-Sustaining Treatment And The Law: The Evolution Of Informed Consent, Advance Directives And Surrogate Decision Making, Joseph T. Monahan, Elizabeth A. Lawhorn Jan 2010

Life-Sustaining Treatment And The Law: The Evolution Of Informed Consent, Advance Directives And Surrogate Decision Making, Joseph T. Monahan, Elizabeth A. Lawhorn

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.


Through The Russian Looking Glass: The Development Of A Russian Rule Of Law And Democracy, Witney Cale Jan 2010

Through The Russian Looking Glass: The Development Of A Russian Rule Of Law And Democracy, Witney Cale

Loyola University Chicago International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Vietnam's Eligibility To Receive Trade Benefits Under The U.S. Generalized System Of Preferences, Alexander H. Tuzin Jan 2010

Vietnam's Eligibility To Receive Trade Benefits Under The U.S. Generalized System Of Preferences, Alexander H. Tuzin

Loyola University Chicago International Law Review

No abstract provided.