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Challenges In Teaching Legal Analysis: When Courts & Facts Collide: Scotus, Obamacare’S Individual Mandate, & “Facts”, Mary Ann Chirba Dec 2012

Challenges In Teaching Legal Analysis: When Courts & Facts Collide: Scotus, Obamacare’S Individual Mandate, & “Facts”, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Adult Adipose Stem Cell Therapies: Advances And Challenges, Mary Ann Chirba Nov 2012

Panelist, Adult Adipose Stem Cell Therapies: Advances And Challenges, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Stop The Pipeline To Prison: Create Educational Opportunities, Jobs And Wealth, Francine Sherman Nov 2012

Panelist, Stop The Pipeline To Prison: Create Educational Opportunities, Jobs And Wealth, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Remissvar: Psykiatrin Och Lagen – Tvångsvård, Straffansvar Och Samhällsskydd (Sou 2012:17), Titti Mattsson, Ulrika Andersson, Sverker Jönsson, Anna Nilsson Nov 2012

Remissvar: Psykiatrin Och Lagen – Tvångsvård, Straffansvar Och Samhällsskydd (Sou 2012:17), Titti Mattsson, Ulrika Andersson, Sverker Jönsson, Anna Nilsson

Anna Nilsson

Psykiatrilagsutredningens betänkande behandlar grundläggande frågor om vård, tvång, och straffrättslig ansvarsförmåga. Det handlar bl.a. om vem som kan samtycka till vård och behandling, när samhället kan tillgripa tvång för att förhindra någon från att skada sig själv eller annan. Det handlar också om vem som ska anses har förmåga att bära straffrättsligt ansvar för sina handlingar och de rättsliga följderna av (o)tillräknelighet. Samtliga är angelägna frågeställningar. En negativ konsekvens av att centrala straffrättsliga frågor behandlas i relation till personer med psykiska funktionsnedsättningar är emellertid att perspektivet blir alltför snävt i ett socialrättsligt perspektiv. Det saknas principiella överväganden om huruvida och …


Prevention Of Fatal Opioid Overdose, Leo Beletsky Nov 2012

Prevention Of Fatal Opioid Overdose, Leo Beletsky

Leo Beletsky

Opioid overdose is a burgeoning public health crisis, accounting for at least 16,000 deaths annually in the United States. Opioid overdose occurs across sex, ethnic, age, and geographic strata and involves both medical and nonmedical opioid use. To date, federal government response has focused primarily on monitoring and securing the drug supply. This Viewpoint suggests various steps necessary to support a more comprehensive approach.


William B. Patterson Memorial Lecture: As Health Care Reform Evolves, What Is Our Role?, Dean Hashimoto Oct 2012

William B. Patterson Memorial Lecture: As Health Care Reform Evolves, What Is Our Role?, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

Honorary lecture awarded in recognition of national expertise in occupational health


Adult Stem Cell Therapies: Regulatory Pathways, Mary Ann Chirba Oct 2012

Adult Stem Cell Therapies: Regulatory Pathways, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Chronic Pain Treatment: Massachusetts As A Case Study, Dean Hashimoto Oct 2012

Chronic Pain Treatment: Massachusetts As A Case Study, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A lecture given as part of a session entitled Dealing with Chronic Pain Under the New Guidelines.


The Supreme Court And Election Year Politics: Myths Vs. Reality In The Healthcare Debate, Mary Ann Chirba Oct 2012

The Supreme Court And Election Year Politics: Myths Vs. Reality In The Healthcare Debate, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


A Healthy Debate – The Affordable Care Act And The State Of Healthcare In America, Mary Ann Chirba Sep 2012

A Healthy Debate – The Affordable Care Act And The State Of Healthcare In America, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Putting Guidelines Into Practice: The Case Of Partners Healthcare, Dean Hashimoto Aug 2012

Putting Guidelines Into Practice: The Case Of Partners Healthcare, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A lecture given at the Harvard School of Public Health on the role of health promotion and wellness programs in workplaces.


Massachusetts Chronic Pain Guideline, Dean Hashimoto Aug 2012

Massachusetts Chronic Pain Guideline, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A presentation on the new clinical pain treatment guideline in workers' compensation.


Clinical Management Of Chronic Pain And Narcotics, Dean Hashimoto Aug 2012

Clinical Management Of Chronic Pain And Narcotics, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A lecture given at a conference on absence management in workplaces.


Chronic Pain Guidelines In Workers' Compensation, Dean Hashimoto Jul 2012

Chronic Pain Guidelines In Workers' Compensation, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A lecture given on new chronic pain clinical guidelines in workers' compensation at the Workers' Compensation National Conference.


Physician Reimbursement And Other Payment Reforms Under The Affordable Care Act, Mary Ann Chirba Jun 2012

Physician Reimbursement And Other Payment Reforms Under The Affordable Care Act, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Employer-Based Health Insurance In Health Care Reform, Dean Hashimoto Jun 2012

The Role Of Employer-Based Health Insurance In Health Care Reform, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A BC Law Brown Bag presentation on employer health insurance.


Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman Jun 2012

Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Issues Of Chronic Pain Treatment And Narcotics: What Is The Massachusetts' Experience?, Dean Hashimoto Jun 2012

Issues Of Chronic Pain Treatment And Narcotics: What Is The Massachusetts' Experience?, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

No abstract provided.


Employment Law Issues And Biological Exposures, Dean Hashimoto Jun 2012

Employment Law Issues And Biological Exposures, Dean Hashimoto

Dean M. Hashimoto

A lecture given on employment law issues related to biological laboratory exposures at the 3rd annual occupational health colloquium Preventing and Treating Biological Exposures.


Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman Apr 2012

Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Testimony, Institute Of Medicine Workshops: Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children/Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman Feb 2012

Testimony, Institute Of Medicine Workshops: Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children/Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Moderator And Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman Feb 2012

Moderator And Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Symposium Speaker, Overpoliced And Underprotected: Women, Race And Criminalization, Francine Sherman Jan 2012

Symposium Speaker, Overpoliced And Underprotected: Women, Race And Criminalization, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Member, Board Of Directors, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Member, Board Of Directors, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.


Erisa Preemption Of Provider Reimbursement Litigation Post-Ppaca:Some Things (Unfortunately) Never Change, Mary Ann Chirba, Alice Noble Dec 2011

Erisa Preemption Of Provider Reimbursement Litigation Post-Ppaca:Some Things (Unfortunately) Never Change, Mary Ann Chirba, Alice Noble

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Emerging Federal And International Guidelines For Stem Cell Research: Increased Funding Increases The Need For Consensus, Mary Ann Chirba Dec 2011

Emerging Federal And International Guidelines For Stem Cell Research: Increased Funding Increases The Need For Consensus, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


The [Sur]Reality Of Mental Health Parity For Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders And Developmental Disabilities, Mary Ann Chirba Dec 2011

The [Sur]Reality Of Mental Health Parity For Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders And Developmental Disabilities, Mary Ann Chirba

Mary Ann Chirba

No abstract provided.


Technical Assistance Provider, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Technical Assistance Provider, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Authored Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions: JDAI Pathway #13 (2005) and Making Detention Reform Work for Girls: JDAI Practice Guide #5 (2012), provide technical assistance to JDAI sites nationally to reduce detention for girls and improve their conditions of confinement, assess jurisdictions’ use of detention for girls, regularly organize and present JDAI workshops.


Member, National Advisory Committee On Violence Against Women, Francine Sherman Dec 2011

Member, National Advisory Committee On Violence Against Women, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to advise Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services on how to improve U.S. response to violence against women with a focus on children and teens. Served as Chair of Sub-Committee on Prevention and Social Change. (Report forthcoming, 2012).