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From The Desk Of Law Faculty, Delhi University (Right: Which Was Denied), Maurya Vijay Chandra Nov 1996

From The Desk Of Law Faculty, Delhi University (Right: Which Was Denied), Maurya Vijay Chandra

Maurya Vijay Chandra

"Sir, I have the keys of the shop I .....ork in. Please let me ring up the owner and inform him that he should take the keys from here:' But Narender's repeated plea fell on deaf ears of the policemen in the Civil Lines Police Station. Instead of allowing him his right to contact a friend/relative, so boldly painted in every police station, the police personnel simply denied Narender possessed anything but a 10" knife. The "right" which Narender was denied are painted in white over blue in every Police Station. Now Aren't blue and white both very passive colours? …


Defining The Role Of Managed Care In Workers' Compensation, Dean Hashimoto Dec 1995

Defining The Role Of Managed Care In Workers' Compensation, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

No abstract provided.


A Model State Act To Authorize And Regulate Physician-Assisted Suicide, Charles Baron, Clyde Bergstresser, Dan Brock, Garrick Cole, Nancy Dorfman, Judith Johnson, Lowell Schnipper, James Vorenberg, Sidney Wanzer Dec 1995

A Model State Act To Authorize And Regulate Physician-Assisted Suicide, Charles Baron, Clyde Bergstresser, Dan Brock, Garrick Cole, Nancy Dorfman, Judith Johnson, Lowell Schnipper, James Vorenberg, Sidney Wanzer

Charles H. Baron

Despite laws in many states prohibiting assisted suicide, an unknown but significant number of people each year commit suicide with the aid of a physician. In recent years, the phenomenon of physician-assisted suicide has attracted greater attention as physicians have openly risked prosecution to shed light on the subject, advocates have raised a series of legal challenges to laws banning assisted suicide, and a federal judge has struck down the nation's first statute allowing physicians to assist patients in suicide. In this Article, nine authors from the fields of law, medicine, philosophy and economics propose a comprehensive statute to permit …


Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar Dec 1995

Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar

Robert B Leflar

This article analyzes the development of the concept of informed consent in the context of the culture and economics of Japanese medicine, and locates that development within the framework of the nation's civil law system. Part II sketches the cultural foundations of medical paternalism in Japan; explores the economic incentives (many of them administratively directed) that have sustained physicians' traditional dominant roles; and describes the judiciary's hesitancy to challenge physicians' professional discretion. Part III delineates the forces testing the paternalist model: the undermining of the physicians' personal knowledge of their patients that accompanies the shift from neighborhood clinic to high-tech …


The Future Role Of Managed Care And Capitation In Workers' Compensation, Dean M. Hashimoto Dec 1995

The Future Role Of Managed Care And Capitation In Workers' Compensation, Dean M. Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

No abstract provided.