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If Deliberative Democracy Is The Solution, What Is The Problem?, Emily Hauptmann Nov 1999

If Deliberative Democracy Is The Solution, What Is The Problem?, Emily Hauptmann

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented March 18, 1999 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.


Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall-Winter 1999 Oct 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall-Winter 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

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Gun Control, Hugh Lafollette Oct 1999

Gun Control, Hugh Lafollette

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented October 22, 1998 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.


Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 1999 Jul 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

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Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1999 Apr 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1999

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Patient Safety, Risk Reduction, And The Law, Larry I. Palmer Jan 1999

Patient Safety, Risk Reduction, And The Law, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

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Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel Jan 1999

Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel

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Some argue that legalizing physician-assisted suicide poses intolerable risks, especially as we move from a system of fee-for-service health care to managed care. Although we need to be concerned about physician-assisted suicide in the context of managed care, physician-assisted suicide poses risks in a fee-for-service system too. In addition, we need to be concerned about the risks posed not only by physician-assisted suicide but also by the well-accepted practice of forgoing life-sustaining treatment. Instead of focusing on the manner of hastening death or the type of health care system, we need to show more concern for protections to assure that …


Pharmacists, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Pain Control, Alan Meisel Jan 1999

Pharmacists, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Pain Control, Alan Meisel

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One of the unintended consequences of the decade-old public debate about the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is an increased interest in pain control for terminally ill patients. Pain control and other aspects of palliative care are seen not only as medically desirable but as necessary to assure so as to minimize the pressure to legalize physician-assisted suicide or utilize physician-assisted suicide even if not legal. Most of the public debate has centered on the role of physicians in assisted suicide.

However, there has been very little discussion about the role that health care professionals - - other than physicians -- …


The Human Genome Project's Implications For Autonomy, Respect, And Professionalism In Medical Genetics, Roger B. Dworkin Jan 1999

The Human Genome Project's Implications For Autonomy, Respect, And Professionalism In Medical Genetics, Roger B. Dworkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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