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Three Ways Of Looking At A Health Law And Literature Class, Jennifer S. Bard, Thomas Wm. Mayo, Stacey A. Tovino
Three Ways Of Looking At A Health Law And Literature Class, Jennifer S. Bard, Thomas Wm. Mayo, Stacey A. Tovino
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The authors of this Article participated in a panel at the American Society of Law, Ethics & Medicine Conference in 2008 that discussed the use of literary materials in law school to teach medical ethics (and related matters) in a law school setting. Each author comes at the topic from a different perspective based on his or her own experience and background. This Article and the panel on which it was based reflect views on how literature can play a valuable role in helping law students, as well as medical students, understand important legal and ethical issues and concepts in …
Sex, Marriage, Medicine, And Law: 'What Hope Of Harmony?', Thomas Wm. Mayo
Sex, Marriage, Medicine, And Law: 'What Hope Of Harmony?', Thomas Wm. Mayo
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This essay offers a critique of the Kansas Supreme Court's decision in In re Estate of Gardiner, 42 P.3d 120 (Kan. 2002), and similar cases that hold that for purposes of the opposite-sex marriage rule, an individual's sex is determined at birth, is genetically fixed, and cannot be changed through surgery or hormone therapy. The result for transgendered individuals is a legal regime that is hostile to medical care that brings external sex characteristics into line with sexual identity. The result for society is a legal rule that is at odds with scientific opinion. Finally, the result for the opposite-sex …