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Where Are The Health Lawyers When We Need Them, George J. Annas
Where Are The Health Lawyers When We Need Them, George J. Annas
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A momentous event in the field of health law occurred in April of 1978: the first national meeting of teachers of health law was held at Boston University. Of sixty individuals invited, almost all of whom teach health law as a full-time profession in various graduate schools, forty-five participated in the two-day workshop. While that response alone may have revealed the answer, the first topic on the agenda was: "Is health law a discipline?"
Judges At The Bedside: The Case Of Joseph Saikewicz, George J. Annas
Judges At The Bedside: The Case Of Joseph Saikewicz, George J. Annas
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In what may prove to be the most controversial medicolegal decision of the year, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that, in certain cases, courts are the proper forum in which life-sustaining medical decisions should be made.1 The controversy goes deep. It involves questions of who should make life-prolonging decisions, in what forum, and on what criteria. Until the last few years, these questions arose almost exclusively in the context of Jehovah's Witnesses cases - cases in which life-saving blood transfusions were being refused for religious reasons. But with society's increasing consciousness about the way people die in hospitals, …