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Review Of Future Issues In Health Care: Social Policy And The Rationing Of Medical Services, By David Mechanic, Charles Baron
Review Of Future Issues In Health Care: Social Policy And The Rationing Of Medical Services, By David Mechanic, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
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Review Of Future Issues In Health Care: Social Policy And The Rationing Of Medical Services, By David Mechanic, Charles Baron
Review Of Future Issues In Health Care: Social Policy And The Rationing Of Medical Services, By David Mechanic, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
Medical Paternalism And The Rule Of Law: A Reply To Dr. Relman, Charles Baron
Medical Paternalism And The Rule Of Law: A Reply To Dr. Relman, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
In this Article, Professor Baron challenges the position taken recently by Dr. Arnold Relman in this journal that the 1977 Saikewicz decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts was incorrect in calling for routine judicial resolution of decisions whether to provide life-prolonging treatment to terminally ill incompetent patients. First, Professor Baron argues that Dr. Relman's position that doctors should make such decisions is based upon an outmoded, paternalistic view of the doctor-patient relationship. Second, he points out the importance of guaranteeing to such decisions the special qualities of process which characterize decision making by courts and which are not …