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Virtural Mentor, Nadia N. Sawicki Sep 2013

Virtural Mentor, Nadia N. Sawicki

Nadia N. Sawicki

No abstract provided.


Informed Consent Beyond The Physician-Patient Encounter: Tort Law Implications Of Extra-Clinical Decision Support Tools, Nadia N. Sawicki Sep 2013

Informed Consent Beyond The Physician-Patient Encounter: Tort Law Implications Of Extra-Clinical Decision Support Tools, Nadia N. Sawicki

Nadia N. Sawicki

No abstract provided.


The Abortion Informed Consent Debate: More Light, Less Heat., Nadia N. Sawicki Sep 2012

The Abortion Informed Consent Debate: More Light, Less Heat., Nadia N. Sawicki

Nadia N. Sawicki

No abstract provided.


Informed Consent Beyond The Physician-Patient Encounter: Tort Law Implications Of Extra-Clinical Decision Support Tools., Nadia N. Sawicki Sep 2012

Informed Consent Beyond The Physician-Patient Encounter: Tort Law Implications Of Extra-Clinical Decision Support Tools., Nadia N. Sawicki

Nadia N. Sawicki

No abstract provided.


Compliance With Advance Directives: Wrongful Living And Tort Law Incentives, Holly Lynch, Michele Mathes, Nadia Sawicki Feb 2011

Compliance With Advance Directives: Wrongful Living And Tort Law Incentives, Holly Lynch, Michele Mathes, Nadia Sawicki

Nadia N. Sawicki

Modern ethical and legal norms generally require that deference be accorded to patients' decisions regarding treatment, including decisions to refuse life-sustaining care, even when patients no longer have the capacity to communicate those decisions to their physicians. Advance directives were developed as a means by which a patient's autonomy regarding medical care might survive such incapacity. Unfortunately, preserving patient autonomy at the end of life has been no simple task. First, it has been difficult to persuade patients to prepare for incapacity by making their wishes known. Second, even when they have done so, there is a distinct possibility that …