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The Right To Posthumous Bodily Integrity And Implications Of Whose Right It Is, Hilary Young
The Right To Posthumous Bodily Integrity And Implications Of Whose Right It Is, Hilary Young
Marquette Elder's Advisor
The law protects posthumous bodily integrity by allowing people to decide what will happen to their bodies after death. This article asks whose rights these laws intend to protect: the rights-holders could consist only of living individuals whose bodies will become the corpses at issue or could include the dead themselves. Whether rights to posthumous bodily integrity belong only to the living or survive death leads to three types of insight. First, the reasons for protecting posthumous bodily integrity are different depending on who the rights-bearers are. Second, to the extent that some laws are more consistent with an approach …
Comparative Analysis Of New Legislation In Florida, Illinois, And Wisconsin On Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders In Non-Hospital Settings, Susan U. Ladwig
Comparative Analysis Of New Legislation In Florida, Illinois, And Wisconsin On Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders In Non-Hospital Settings, Susan U. Ladwig
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article focuses on the history and application of the newest type of end-of-life decision-making documents.
Funding Long-Term Care: Is There A Way To Ensure That Our Assets Will Last Longer Than We Will?, Nathalie D. Martin
Funding Long-Term Care: Is There A Way To Ensure That Our Assets Will Last Longer Than We Will?, Nathalie D. Martin
Marquette Elder's Advisor
Long-term care is subject of great concern to most elders. Stripping away the emotional hype and confusing lingo surrounding this topic is essential to making sound decisions. This article pares away all the extraneous complications and lays out the options that are currently available to elders, paying particular attention to the methods available to fund long-term care if or when it is needed
Elder Mediation: Optimizing Major Family Transitions, Rikk Larsen, Crystal Thorpe
Elder Mediation: Optimizing Major Family Transitions, Rikk Larsen, Crystal Thorpe
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article postulates that mediation may be an effective way for families to make difficult decisions on how to best care and provide for an elderly family member with declining abilities. Bringing all involved family members together and allowing all to be involved in the decision-making process invests each with a responsibility for decisions made from all the options available.