Issues in Law & Medicine articles from December 1991

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from December 1991

The best interests standards: a comparison of the state's parens patriae authority and judicial oversight in best interests determinations for children and incompetent patients.
December 22, 1991... The Best Interests Standard: A Comparison of the State's Parens Patriae Authority and Judicial Oversight in Best Interests Determinations for Children and Incompetent Patients The "best interests of the child" standard is the guiding legal...

The Report of the Dutch Governmental Committee on Euthanasia.
December 22, 1991... The Report of the Dutch Governmental Committee on Euthanasia On January 17, 1990, the then newly formed coalition government of the Netherlands appointed the Committee to Investigate the Medical Practice Concerning Euthanasia. The committee,...

Regulating Death: The Case of the Netherlands.
December 22, 1991... Regulating Death: The Case of the Netherlands Gomez, C. Regulating Death: The Case of the Netherlands. New York: The Free Press, 1991. As euthanasia becomes more openly discussed, advocates of euthanasia cite the example of the...

The Right to Die.
December 22, 1991... The Right to Die Meisel, A. The Right to Die. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989 This treatise is an effort to analyze comprehensively the reported legal cases on the right to die (current as of October 31, 1988) and the related statutory...

Abating Treatment with Critically Ill Patients.
December 22, 1991... Abating Treatment with Critically Ill Patients Weir, R. Abating Treatment with Critically Ill Patients. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the wide range of issues surrounding "passive...

Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making.
December 22, 1991... Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making Rothman, D. Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making. New York: Basic Books, 1991. ...

Suicide and Euthanasia: Historical and Contemporary Themes.
December 22, 1991... Suicide and Euthanasia Brody, B., ed. Suicide and Euthanasia. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. Unlike many questions in bioethics, the questions of suicide and euthanasia have been discussed at great length and with great...

Easing the Passage: A Guide for Prearranging and Ensuring a Pain-Free and Tranquil Death via a Living Will, Personal Medical Mandate, and Other Medical, Legal, and Ethical Resources.
December 22, 1991... Easing the Passage: A Guide for Prearranging and Ensuring a Pain-Free and Tranquil Death via a Living Will, Personal Medical Mandate, and Other Medical, Legal, and Ethical Resources Outerbridge, D., and A. Hersh. Easing the Passage: A Guide for...

The Measurement of Health: Concepts and Indicators.
December 22, 1991... The Measurement of Health: Concepts and Indicators Larson, J. The Measurement of Health: Concepts and Indicators. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. How can the various indicators of health, available through vital statistics, government...

Delivering Health Care Comprehensively.
December 22, 1991... Delivering Health Care Comprehensively Brotman, R., D. Hutson, I. Silverman, and F. Suffet. Delivering Health Care Comprehensively. New York: Praeger, 1991. The increasing fragmentation and rising costs of medical care highlight the need...

Returning the Individual with Traumatic Brain Injury to the Community: An Overview of Programs and Services in Israel.
December 22, 1991... Returning the Individual with Traumatic Brain Injury to the Community: An Overview of Programs and Services in Israel Katz, S., and V. Florian, eds. Returning the Individual with Traumatic Brain Injury to the Community: An Overview of Programs...

Before Their Time: Fetuses and Infants at Risk.
December 22, 1991... Before Their Time: Fetuses and Infants at Risk Cohen, L. Before Their Time: Fetuses and Infants at Risk. Washington, D.C.: American Association on Mental Retardation, 1990. This book warns of complex problems that lie ahead with the...