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Multiple Conceptions Of Case Rounds, Alan Minuskin Apr 1999

Multiple Conceptions Of Case Rounds, Alan Minuskin

Alan D. Minuskin

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Constructions Of Client Competence And Theories Of Practice, Robert Rubinson Apr 1999

Constructions Of Client Competence And Theories Of Practice, Robert Rubinson

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An entrenched stereotype about the elderly is that they inevitably experience a progressive decline in cognitive function - what the Article calls the "idea of decrement." The vast majority of elderly, however, do not experience declining competence for most or all of their lives. Nevertheless, attorneys interpret much of what elderly clients say and do as the product of cognitive impairment, and sometimes even the elderly themselves construct stories about the world and their circumstances in line with the idea of decrement. These attitudes and social constructions, interacting in complex ways, can distort the ability of attorneys to represent elderly …

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Elder Law-Related Organizations On The Internet, Robin Schard Jan 1999

Elder Law-Related Organizations On The Internet, Robin Schard

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Finding Internet Sites On Elder Issues: Health And Human Services, Robin Schard Jan 1999

Finding Internet Sites On Elder Issues: Health And Human Services, Robin Schard

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Pharmacists, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Pain Control, Alan Meisel Jan 1999

Pharmacists, Physician-Assisted Suicide, And Pain Control, Alan Meisel

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One of the unintended consequences of the decade-old public debate about the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is an increased interest in pain control for terminally ill patients. Pain control and other aspects of palliative care are seen not only as medically desirable but as necessary to assure so as to minimize the pressure to legalize physician-assisted suicide or utilize physician-assisted suicide even if not legal. Most of the public debate has centered on the role of physicians in assisted suicide.

However, there has been very little discussion about the role that health care professionals - - other than physicians -- …

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Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel Jan 1999

Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel

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Some argue that legalizing physician-assisted suicide poses intolerable risks, especially as we move from a system of fee-for-service health care to managed care. Although we need to be concerned about physician-assisted suicide in the context of managed care, physician-assisted suicide poses risks in a fee-for-service system too. In addition, we need to be concerned about the risks posed not only by physician-assisted suicide but also by the well-accepted practice of forgoing life-sustaining treatment. Instead of focusing on the manner of hastening death or the type of health care system, we need to show more concern for protections to assure that …

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Boggs V. Boggs: Creating Real-Life Cinderellas, 33 J. Marshall L. Rev. 271 (1999), Heather J. Rose Jan 1999