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Finding The Middle Ground: Acuna V. Turkish And The New Jersey Supreme Court's Reaffirmation Of A Doctor's Role Under The Doctrine Of Informed Consent In The Digital Age, Allyson M. Rucinski Jun 2009

Finding The Middle Ground: Acuna V. Turkish And The New Jersey Supreme Court's Reaffirmation Of A Doctor's Role Under The Doctrine Of Informed Consent In The Digital Age, Allyson M. Rucinski

Pace Law Review

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Taking The Molst (Medical Orders For Lifesustaining Treatment) Statewide, Robert S. Olick, Joel Potash, Amy T. Campbell Apr 2009

Taking The Molst (Medical Orders For Lifesustaining Treatment) Statewide, Robert S. Olick, Joel Potash, Amy T. Campbell

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.


Social Factoring The Numbers With Assisted Reproduction, Bridget J. Crawford Jan 2009

Social Factoring The Numbers With Assisted Reproduction, Bridget J. Crawford

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

In late winter 2009, the airwaves came alive with stories about Nadya Suleman, the California mother who gave birth to octuplets conceived via assisted reproductive technology. Nadya Suleman and her octuplets are the vehicles through which Americans express their anxiety about race, class and gender. Expressions of concern for the health of children, the mother’s well-being, the future of reproductive medicine or the financial drain on taxpayers barely conceal deep impulses towards racism, sexism and classism. It is true that the public has had a longstanding fascination with multiple births and with large families. This is evidenced by a long …


Goodman & Epstein, Listening To Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach To Advocacy, Mental Health And Justice, Julie Goldscheid Jan 2009

Goodman & Epstein, Listening To Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach To Advocacy, Mental Health And Justice, Julie Goldscheid

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marketing Mothers' Milk: The Commodification Of Breastfeeding And The New Markets For Breast Milk And Infant Formula, Linda C. Fentiman Jan 2009

Marketing Mothers' Milk: The Commodification Of Breastfeeding And The New Markets For Breast Milk And Infant Formula, Linda C. Fentiman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This paper explores the commodification of women and biological processes, the confusion of scientific evidence with social agendas, and the conflict between marketing and public health. I assert that key actors in the healthcare marketplace - government, businesses, and doctors – have acted to enable weak medical and scientific evidence to be manipulated by ideological and profit-making partisans in a poorly regulated market. I focus on the unique role of the medical profession, which has acted with government and the private sector to shape the markets in human milk and infant formula. In a striking parallel to the pharmaceutical industry, …