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Too Stubborn To Care For: The Impacts Of Discrimination On Patient Noncompliance, Alice Abrokwa
Too Stubborn To Care For: The Impacts Of Discrimination On Patient Noncompliance, Alice Abrokwa
Vanderbilt Law Review
The role of implicit racial biases in police interactions with people of color has garnered increased public attention and scholarly examination over time, but implicit racial bias in the healthcare context can be as deadly, particularly when it intersects with ableism and sexism. Researchers have found that medical providers are more likely to consider Black patients “noncompliant,” meaning the patient has not adhered to recommended treatment, even without evidence Black patients are less compliant than other patients. Being labeled noncompliant can have grave health consequences; providers are less likely to treat pain aggressively when they consider a patient noncompliant and, …
Neuronal Testimonial: Brain-Computer Interfaces And The Law, Jessica L. Haushalter
Neuronal Testimonial: Brain-Computer Interfaces And The Law, Jessica L. Haushalter
Vanderbilt Law Review
Scientific researchers have developed a method of using brainscanning technology to determine if patients in a coma-like condition, known as a "vegetative state," are conscious despite their inability to communicate verbally or via motor actions. While in a brain scanner, patients "answer" yes-or-no questions by envisioning specific scenarios that activate different parts of the brain. A researcher interprets a brain scan image as a yes-or-no response based on which areas of the brain demonstrated activation. Exciting as this technology may be, there are difficulties in terms of the ability to use it within the legal system. This Note considers those …