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2014

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Full-Text Articles in Elder Law

From Schiavo To Death Panels: How Media Coverage Of End-Of-Life Issues Affects Public Opinion, Sherrie Dulworth Jan 2014

From Schiavo To Death Panels: How Media Coverage Of End-Of-Life Issues Affects Public Opinion, Sherrie Dulworth

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Advance Directives, Dementia, And Eligibility For Physician-Assisted Death, Paul T. Menzel Jan 2014

Advance Directives, Dementia, And Eligibility For Physician-Assisted Death, Paul T. Menzel

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Right-To-Die Cases: A New York Historical Perspective, Sol Wachtler Jan 2014

Right-To-Die Cases: A New York Historical Perspective, Sol Wachtler

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Health Justice Denied Or Delayed At The End Of Life: A Crisis Needing Remedial Action, David C. Leven Jan 2014

Health Justice Denied Or Delayed At The End Of Life: A Crisis Needing Remedial Action, David C. Leven

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Give Me Liberty At My Death: Expanding End-Of-Life Choice In Massachusetts, Kathryn L. Tucker Jan 2014

Give Me Liberty At My Death: Expanding End-Of-Life Choice In Massachusetts, Kathryn L. Tucker

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


A New Life For Wrongful Living, Nadia N. Sawicki Jan 2014

A New Life For Wrongful Living, Nadia N. Sawicki

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of Autonomy: Force-Feedings In Catholic Hospitals And In Prisons, Ann Neumann Jan 2014

The Limits Of Autonomy: Force-Feedings In Catholic Hospitals And In Prisons, Ann Neumann

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Quality Assurance Privilege In Nursing Home Litigation: Why Kentucky Should Adopt The Narrow Approach, Hannah R. Jamison Jan 2014

Quality Assurance Privilege In Nursing Home Litigation: Why Kentucky Should Adopt The Narrow Approach, Hannah R. Jamison

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


It's Complicated: Age, Gender, And Lifetime Discrimination Against Working Women - The United States And The U.K. As Examples, Susan Bisom-Rapp, Malcolm Sargeant Jan 2014

It's Complicated: Age, Gender, And Lifetime Discrimination Against Working Women - The United States And The U.K. As Examples, Susan Bisom-Rapp, Malcolm Sargeant

Faculty Scholarship

This article considers the effect on women of a lifetime of discrimination using material from both the U.S. and the U.K. Government reports in both countries make clear that women workers suffer from multiple disadvantages during their working lives, which result in significantly poorer outcomes in old age when compared to men. Indeed, the numbers are stark. In the U.S., for example, the poverty rate of women 65 years old and up is nearly double that of their male counterparts. Older women of color are especially disadvantaged. The situation in the U.K. is comparable.

To capture the phenomenon, the article …


A Role For Law In Preparing For Death, Barbara A. Noah Jan 2014

A Role For Law In Preparing For Death, Barbara A. Noah

Faculty Scholarship

This Article discusses the limits of how end of life law can address threats to patient autonomy. The reluctance of physicians, patients and family to discuss end of life matters and to confront the certainty of death, together with a culture that actively denies the aging process itself, interferes with a patient’s ability to exercise choice as death approaches. Thus, patients often suffer needlessly from the continuation of treatments and life-supportive measures that they would choose to decline if better informed about their choices and the importance of choosing. Advance directives, as a legal mechanism, often fail fully to protect …