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The Computer Made Me Do It: Is There A Future For False Claims Act Liability Against Electronic Health Record Vendors?, Deborah R. Farringer
The Computer Made Me Do It: Is There A Future For False Claims Act Liability Against Electronic Health Record Vendors?, Deborah R. Farringer
Nevada Law Journal
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Scientific Understandings Of Postpartum Illness: Improving Health Law And Policy?, Stacey A. Tovino
Scientific Understandings Of Postpartum Illness: Improving Health Law And Policy?, Stacey A. Tovino
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In its broadest sense, the Article examines the relationship between science and the law in the context of postpartum illness. From classical antiquity to the present day, physicians and scientists have investigated the causes, correlates, and consequences of the depressions and psychoses that develop in some women following their transition to motherhood. The scientific investigation of postpartum illness has been characterized by an open-ended search for knowledge with the recgonition that scientific findings published one day are subject to revision the next. Legislators and judges also have sought to understand postpartum illness as necessary to make laws that affect and …
The Misperception That Bioethics And The Law Lag Behind Advances In Biotechnology, David Orentlicher
The Misperception That Bioethics And The Law Lag Behind Advances In Biotechnology, David Orentlicher
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Cloning And The Preservation Of Family Integrity, David Orentlicher
Cloning And The Preservation Of Family Integrity, David Orentlicher
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Mandatory Non-Anonymous Testing Of Newborns For Hiv: Should It Ever Be Allowed?, Jean R. Sternlight
Mandatory Non-Anonymous Testing Of Newborns For Hiv: Should It Ever Be Allowed?, Jean R. Sternlight
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In response to cries from both the public and the medical community for increased research and improved treatments with respect to pediatric AIDS, some state legislatures have attempted to enact legislation that would require routine mandatory testing of newborns for HIV on a non-anonymous basis.
Those who favor mandatory testing of newborns contend that such testing is necessary in order to protect the health of newborns and to ensure that the newborns' doctors provide them with adequate care. Moreover, testing advocates argue that because most hospitals already screen anonymously, failing to inform parents of the test results is inappropriate and …