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Pain Relief For The Dying: The Unwelcome Intervention Of The Criminal Law, Phebe Saunders Haugen

Faculty Scholarship

This Article addresses physician-assisted suicide and the medical treatment of pain and suffering. Part II discusses various medical misconceptions about the treatment of pain and how modern medicine fails to fulfill this aspect of its palliative care role. Part III reviews how the law currently circumscribes the patient and doctor's ability to make medical decisions when the patient is terminally ill. As will be shown, the law is clearer and more respectful of good medical practice than most medical practitioners currently believe. Moreover, this section will also establish that, while several competing philosophical positions surrounding physician-assisted suicide exist, these same …

Patients' Rights To Access Their Medical Records: An Argument For Uniform Recognition Of A Right Of Access In The United States And Australia, Hayley Rosenman

Fordham International Law Journal

This Note addresses the issue of a patient's right to access her own medical records in the United States and Australia. Part I discusses the background of a right of patient access to medical records through case law in the United States. Part I gives a historical perspective on US and Australian legislation regarding access to medical records. Part II reviews commentary both for and against access in the United States and in Australia. Part II focuses on legal arguments from the recent decision concerning patient access to medical records by the Australian courts in Breen v. Williams. Further, …

Who Should Make Medical Decisions For Incompetent Adults? A Critique Of Rcw 7.70.065, Adrienne E. Quinn

Seattle University Law Review

To show why the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 7.70.065, Washington's medical decision-making statute should be rewritten, this Comment discusses: (1) the importance of autonomy and self-determination in medical decision-making; (2) the purpose of proxy medical decision-making statutes; (3) Washington's proxy *574 decision-making statute; and, (4) current family demographics. This Comment concludes by proposing a new medical decision-making statute for Washington.

May I Ask You A Personal Question--The Right To Privacy And Hiv Testing In The European Community And The United States, Ann E. Stanley

Fordham Law Review

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Constitutional Aspects Of Physician-Assisted Suicide After Lee V. Oregon, Simon Canick

Faculty Scholarship

On November 8, 1994, Oregon voters narrowly passed the highly controversial Death with Dignity Act (Measure 16), which marked the first time that physician-assisted suicide was explicitly legalized anywhere in the world. In Lee v. Oregon, a group of physicians, several terminally ill persons, a residential care facility, and individual operators of residential care facilities sought to enjoin enforcement of the new law, claiming various constitutional infirmities. The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon enjoined enforcement of the law, acknowledging that it raised important constitutional issues including possible violations of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of …

The Supreme Court And Terminal Sedation: Rejecting Assisted Suicide, Embracing Euthanasia, David Orentlicher

Scholarly Works

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The Legalization Of Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Very Modest Revolution, David Orentlicher

Scholarly Works

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Government Antitrust Enforcement In The Health Care Markets: The Regulators Need An Update, Gordon H. Copland, Pamela E. Hepp

West Virginia Law Review

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Sad Stories Of The Death Of Kings: Demotions And Dismissals Of Administrators, Donal M. Sacken

The Journal of Law and Education

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When A Hospital Becomes Catholic, Lisa C. Ikemoto

Mercer Law Review

Mention of this topic-the potential elimination of health services resulting from a merger or affiliation between Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals-rarely triggers discussions about "community health." It does trigger comments about abortion' and First Amendment Free Exercise and Establishment concerns.2 Some have characterized the issues arising out of these alliances as "women's reproductive health" issues,' but few have described the issues in terms of community health. Perhaps the phrase, "women's reproductive health," suggests why. Women's health is often understood to be reproductive health, or as the narrower issue, abortion. Unfortunately, it seems to go without saying, that women's reproductive health is …

Long Term Care Coverage: The Role Of Advocacy, Anthony H. Szczygiel

Journal Articles

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The Conflict Between "Fair Housing" And Free Speech, Mary Caroline Lee

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Under the Fair Housing Act and its 1988 amendments, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has the power to investigate alleged discrimination in public housing. The targets of these investigations are often neighborhood organizations and community groups voicing their opposition to the placement of public housing in their neighborhoods. The alleged discrimination can be nothing more than group meetings and the petitioning of local government officials. Mindful that such investigations have sometimes adversely affected the exercise of First Amendment rights, in 1994 HUD issued guidelines for handling fair housing complaints when such rights are at issue.

This Note will …

Health Care Reform In The 1990’S From The Clinton Plan To Kassebaum-Kennedy, James Cordone

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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The Record - Vol. 29, Issue 4, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

The Record

Chicago-Kent College of Law newsletter. Topics covered include: announcements and notices, events, information for specific students, job postings, internship opportunities, scholarships, financial aid, information about societies and other organizations, and career advice.

Who Decides If There Is "Triumph In The Ultimate Agony?" Constitutional Theory And The Emerging Right To Die With Dignity, Brian C. Goebel

William & Mary Law Review

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Rights Of The Terminally Ill Patient, John Hodgson

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

An examination of the rights in the United Kingdom of terminally ill patients, both competent and incompetent, shows the struggle courts face.

The Apostrophe: Reports Of Its Death Are Greatly Exaggerated, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The apostrophe is on its deathbed, if you believe Charles Larson, a professor of literature at American University. Larson argues that the apostrophe's murderers are those younger than thirty-five who persist in abusing this punctuation mark I agree with Larson that the apostrophe, as we now know it, seems endangered. However, I disagree with Larson's diagnosis of the cause.

Dorothy Day's Lessons For The Transformation Of Work, David L. Gregory

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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The Slippery Slope: The Dutch Example, Herbert Hendin

Duquesne Law Review

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Introduction, C. Everett Koop

Duquesne Law Review

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The Art Of Verbal Engineering, Rita L. Marker, Wesley J. Smith

Duquesne Law Review

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Suffering, Compassion, And Dignity In Dying, Courtney S. Campbell

Duquesne Law Review

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Constitutionalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide: Will Lightning Strike Thrice?, Robert A. Burt

Duquesne Law Review

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"Suicide: A Constitutional Right?" - Reflections Eleven Years Later, Thomas J. Marzen, Mary K. O'Dowd, Daniel M. Crone, Thomas J. Balch

Duquesne Law Review

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Defining The Terminally Ill: Insights From Support, Joanne Lynn, Frank E. Harrell Jr., Felicia Cohn, Mary Beth Hamel, Neal Dawson, Albert W. Wu

Duquesne Law Review

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The Limits Of Prognostication, Eric Chevlen

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.

Physician-Assisted Suicide, Medical Ethics And The Future Of The Medical Profession, Leon R. Kass, Nelson Lund

Duquesne Law Review

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Old Folks On The Slippery Slope: Elderly Patients And Physician-Assisted Suicide, Marshall B. Kapp

Duquesne Law Review

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Physician-Assisted Suicide In The Context Of Managed Care, Susan M. Wolf

Duquesne Law Review

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The "Right To Die": On Drawing (And Erasing) Lines, Yale Kamisar

Duquesne Law Review

No abstract provided.