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Interim Hearing On Genetic Engineering: Benefits And Potential Health Hazards, Assembly Committee On Health
Interim Hearing On Genetic Engineering: Benefits And Potential Health Hazards, Assembly Committee On Health
California Assembly
No abstract provided.
Taking Care Of The Doctor-Patient Relationship (Reviewing Robert Burt, Taking Care Of Strangers), Lori B. Andrews
Taking Care Of The Doctor-Patient Relationship (Reviewing Robert Burt, Taking Care Of Strangers), Lori B. Andrews
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Delimiting Religion And Ethics, Robert L. Schwartz
Delimiting Religion And Ethics, Robert L. Schwartz
Faculty Scholarship
The author argues that people need to make a distinction between religious belief and logical ethics.
Teaching Physicians And Lawyers To Understand Each Other: The Development Of A Law And Medicine Clinic, Robert L. Schwartz
Teaching Physicians And Lawyers To Understand Each Other: The Development Of A Law And Medicine Clinic, Robert L. Schwartz
Faculty Scholarship
The discomfort doctors and lawyers feel with one another is not a consequence of the perceived medical malpractice crisis or any other single area of substantive disagreement. Rather, it is a reflection of the different epistemologies of the professions. The truth seeking activities of the two professions are very different, and these differences are reflected in the widely divergent professional educations provided to medical and law students. Much of the animosity which has developed between doctors and lawyers could be avoided, and members of each profession could have a much better understanding of the substance and analytic methods of the …
Nursing Home Receiverships: Design And Implementation, Sandra H. Johnson
Nursing Home Receiverships: Design And Implementation, Sandra H. Johnson
All Faculty Scholarship
The enforcement of legal standards governing nursing home care and safety involves complex determinations due to the precarious conditions of most residents and the vast shortage of nursing home beds. This is particularly true when residents must be transferred. This article advocates the interim measure of statutory nursing home receiverships to protect the health and safety of residents and the nursing home property while determinations regarding sanctions or compliance are being made.
Section II examines the statutory receivership provisions of four states and explains why such an approach is best suited for the effective enforcement of standards while also protecting …
Physicians And Lawyers: Science, Art, And Conflict, Robert L. Schwartz, Joan M. Gibson
Physicians And Lawyers: Science, Art, And Conflict, Robert L. Schwartz, Joan M. Gibson
Faculty Scholarship
The relations between physicians and lawyers have deteriorated rapidly over the past several decades, most particularly since the early 70s when the perception that a medical malpractice crisis existed in America became widespread. Some believe that the factors dividing the two professions . are linked (1) to professional jealousy, (2) to sometimes conflicting economic interests, or (3) to difficulties in communication, since both professions use many of the same words, or terms of art, but with different intended meanings. While the authors agree that these factors may have aggravated the problem, they believe that the conflict's real roots are in …