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A Quantitative Methodology For Determining The Need For Exposure-Prompted Medical Monitoring, Christopher P. Guzelian, Bruce E. Hillner, Philip S. Guzelian Jan 2004

A Quantitative Methodology For Determining The Need For Exposure-Prompted Medical Monitoring, Christopher P. Guzelian, Bruce E. Hillner, Philip S. Guzelian

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Some toxic exposures to drugs or other environmental chemicals may create an increased risk of future disease for which periodic preventive medical screening might be desirable. However, many of these risks, even if unacceptable as a matter of public health policy, might still not be significant enough for medical monitoring (periodic diagnostic screening for latent illnesses or medical conditions) to be an appropriate medical intervention. This somewhat unintuitive, but statistically certain, conclusion can be demonstrated in relatively simple mathematical terms. Accordingly, we introduce Bayes's Rule and decision analysis, a quantitative methodology commonly employed by medical practitioners. A review of current …


Unmanaged Care: Towards Moral Fairness In Health Care Coverage, Sharona Hoffman Jul 2003

Unmanaged Care: Towards Moral Fairness In Health Care Coverage, Sharona Hoffman

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Health insurers are generally guided by the principle of "actuarial fairness," according to which they distinguish among various risks on the basis of costrelated factors. Thus, insurers often limit or deny coverage for vision care, hearing aids, mental health care, and even AIDS treatment based on actuarial justifications. Furthermore, approximately forty-two million Americans have no health insurance at all, because most of these individuals cannot afford the cost of insurance. This Article argues that Americans have come to demand more than actuarial fairness from health insurers and are increasingly concerned about what I call "moral fairness." This is evidenced by …


Protecting Our Mentally Ill: A Critique Of The Role Of Indiana State Courts In Protecting Involuntarily Committed Mental Patients' Right To Refuse Medication, Michael Leonard Goff Jr. Oct 2001

Protecting Our Mentally Ill: A Critique Of The Role Of Indiana State Courts In Protecting Involuntarily Committed Mental Patients' Right To Refuse Medication, Michael Leonard Goff Jr.

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No abstract provided.


International Control Of Cholera: An Environmental Perspective To Infectious Disease Control, Julia A. Jones Jul 1999

International Control Of Cholera: An Environmental Perspective To Infectious Disease Control, Julia A. Jones

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No abstract provided.


Cigarette Law, Daniel Givelber Jul 1998

Cigarette Law, Daniel Givelber

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No abstract provided.


Lies, Damned Lies, And Narrative, David A. Hyman Jul 1998

Lies, Damned Lies, And Narrative, David A. Hyman

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No abstract provided.


Grandmothers And Teamsters: How The Nlrb's New Approach To The Supervisory Status Of Charge Nurses Ignores The Reality Of The Nursing Home, Jonathan Edward Motley Apr 1998

Grandmothers And Teamsters: How The Nlrb's New Approach To The Supervisory Status Of Charge Nurses Ignores The Reality Of The Nursing Home, Jonathan Edward Motley

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No abstract provided.


Medicated Mental Impairments Under The Ada: Diagnosing The Problem, Prescribing The Solution, Tami A. Earnhart Jan 1998

Medicated Mental Impairments Under The Ada: Diagnosing The Problem, Prescribing The Solution, Tami A. Earnhart

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Rationing Through Choice: A New Approach To Cost-Effectiveness Analysis In Health Care, Arti Kaur Rai Oct 1997

Rationing Through Choice: A New Approach To Cost-Effectiveness Analysis In Health Care, Arti Kaur Rai

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No abstract provided.


Physician Employment Under Managed Care: Toward A Retaliatory Discharge Cause Of Action For Hmo-Affiliated Physicians, Peter B. Jurgeleit Jan 1997

Physician Employment Under Managed Care: Toward A Retaliatory Discharge Cause Of Action For Hmo-Affiliated Physicians, Peter B. Jurgeleit

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Solving The Kidney Shortage Crisis Through The Use Of Non-Heart-Beating Cadaveric Donors: Legal Endorsement Of Perfusion As A Standard Procedure, Marla K. Clark Jul 1995

Solving The Kidney Shortage Crisis Through The Use Of Non-Heart-Beating Cadaveric Donors: Legal Endorsement Of Perfusion As A Standard Procedure, Marla K. Clark

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No abstract provided.


Health Care Rationing And Disability Rights, Philip G. Peters Jr. Apr 1995

Health Care Rationing And Disability Rights, Philip G. Peters Jr.

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Should Aids Research Be Regulated? A Manhattan Project For Aids And Other Policy Proposals, Steven Salbu Apr 1994

Should Aids Research Be Regulated? A Manhattan Project For Aids And Other Policy Proposals, Steven Salbu

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No abstract provided.


Sounds Of Silence For The Walkman Generation: Rock Concerts And Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Eric Daniel Johnson Jul 1993

Sounds Of Silence For The Walkman Generation: Rock Concerts And Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Eric Daniel Johnson

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No abstract provided.


Revisiting Roe V. Wade: Substance And Process In The Abortion Debate, Margaret G. Farrell Apr 1993

Revisiting Roe V. Wade: Substance And Process In The Abortion Debate, Margaret G. Farrell

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No abstract provided.


Dulling A Needle: Analyzing Federal Employment Restrictions On People With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, Mark L. Bayler Oct 1992

Dulling A Needle: Analyzing Federal Employment Restrictions On People With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, Mark L. Bayler

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No abstract provided.


Selling The Womb: Can The Feminist Critique Of Surrogacy Be Answered?, Katherine B. Lieber Jan 1992

Selling The Womb: Can The Feminist Critique Of Surrogacy Be Answered?, Katherine B. Lieber

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No abstract provided.


A Medical-Legal Dilemma: When Can "Inappropriate" Nutrition And Hydration Be Removed In Indiana?, Kathleen M. Anderson Jan 1992

A Medical-Legal Dilemma: When Can "Inappropriate" Nutrition And Hydration Be Removed In Indiana?, Kathleen M. Anderson

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No abstract provided.


Statutes Limiting Mental Health Professional's Liability For The Violent Acts Of Their Patients, Michael R. Geske Apr 1989

Statutes Limiting Mental Health Professional's Liability For The Violent Acts Of Their Patients, Michael R. Geske

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No abstract provided.


The Criminalization Of Maternal Conduct During Pregnancy: A Decisionmaking Model For Lawyers, Elizabeth L. Thompson Apr 1989

The Criminalization Of Maternal Conduct During Pregnancy: A Decisionmaking Model For Lawyers, Elizabeth L. Thompson

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No abstract provided.


Medical Surveillance Damages: A Solution To The Inadequate Compensation Of Toxic Tort Victims, Alan T. Slagel Oct 1988

Medical Surveillance Damages: A Solution To The Inadequate Compensation Of Toxic Tort Victims, Alan T. Slagel

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No abstract provided.


Cancer-Based Employment Discrimination: Whether The Proposed Amendment To Title Vii Will Provide An Effective Anti-Discrimination Remedy, Katherine J. Streicher Jul 1987

Cancer-Based Employment Discrimination: Whether The Proposed Amendment To Title Vii Will Provide An Effective Anti-Discrimination Remedy, Katherine J. Streicher

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No abstract provided.


Problem Behavior: Pathology, Lawyers, And Referrals, Edwin H. Greenebaum Apr 1987

Problem Behavior: Pathology, Lawyers, And Referrals, Edwin H. Greenebaum

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No abstract provided.


Patient Coercion By Hospitals: A Comparison Of Antitrust Standards In Hyde And Rumple, Cindy L. Porter Jul 1986

Patient Coercion By Hospitals: A Comparison Of Antitrust Standards In Hyde And Rumple, Cindy L. Porter

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No abstract provided.


A Maternal Duty To Protect Fetal Health, Susan R. Weinberg Jan 1983

A Maternal Duty To Protect Fetal Health, Susan R. Weinberg

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No abstract provided.


Personhood And The Contraceptive Right, Joseph W. Rebone Oct 1982

Personhood And The Contraceptive Right, Joseph W. Rebone

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No abstract provided.


Indiana's Guilty But Mentally Ill Statute: Blueprint To Beguile The Jury, Scott A. Kinsey Oct 1982

Indiana's Guilty But Mentally Ill Statute: Blueprint To Beguile The Jury, Scott A. Kinsey

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No abstract provided.


Decisionmaking For The Incompetent Terminally Ill Patient: A Compromise In A Solution Eliminates A Compromise Of Patients' Rights, Caroline Anne Knezevich Apr 1982

Decisionmaking For The Incompetent Terminally Ill Patient: A Compromise In A Solution Eliminates A Compromise Of Patients' Rights, Caroline Anne Knezevich

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No abstract provided.


Hospice: The Legal Ramifications Of A Place To Die, Abigail Lawlis Kuzma Jul 1981

Hospice: The Legal Ramifications Of A Place To Die, Abigail Lawlis Kuzma

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No abstract provided.


The Hill-Burton Act: A Basis For The Prevention Of Urban Hospital Relocation, Carla J. Smith Jul 1980

The Hill-Burton Act: A Basis For The Prevention Of Urban Hospital Relocation, Carla J. Smith

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No abstract provided.