Issues in Law & Medicine articles from June 2000

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from June 2000

Preface.
June 22, 2000... This edition of Issues in Law & Medicine focuses on partial-birth abortion and the constitutional issues raised and argued in the Nebraska case of Stenberg v. Carhart. The first Verbatim is the Petitioner's Brief by Nebraska Attorney General...

Brief of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska in Stenberg v. Carhart(*).
June 22, 2000... [1] Opinions Below The opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is reported at 192 F. 3d 1142 (8th Cir. 1999) (Pet. App. 1).(1) The opinions of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska...

Brief of Dr. Carhart et al. in Stenberg v. Carhart(*).
June 22, 2000... Questions Presented 1. Whether the Nebraska partial-birth abortion statute violates women's right to privacy because it bans a broad range of abortion procedures, including the safest method of second-trimester abortion, without regard to...

Evaluation of Competence to Consent to Assisted Suicide: Views of Forensic Psychiatrists.
June 22, 2000... Linda Ganzini et al., Evaluation of Competence to Consent to Assisted Suicide: Views of Forensic Psychiatrists, 157 AM. J. PSYCHIATRY 595 (2000). Mental health evaluation has been proposed as an important safeguard for patients requesting...

How Do Oregon Psychologists View Their Role in Physician-assisted Suicide?
June 22, 2000... D.S. Fenn & L. Ganzini, How Do Oregon Psychologists View Their Role in Physician-assisted Suicide? 30 PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 235 (1999). Of the 846 licensed psychologists in Oregon, 625 were randomly selected by...

Right-to-Die Bills Defeated in More Than 28 States.
June 22, 2000... Scott Gottlieb, Right-to-Die Bills Defeated in More Than 28 States, 171 W. J. C; MED. 274 (1999). During the past two years, in more than twenty-eight states, no bill proposing the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been...

Terminal Sedation for Intractable Distress.
June 22, 2000... James Hallenbeck, Terminal Sedation for Intractable Distress, 171 W. J. MED. 222 (1999). Terminal sedation is the induction and maintenance of a sedated state with the intent of relieving otherwise intractable distress, both physical and...

Assessment After Extremely Severe Head Injury in a Case of Life or Death: Further Support for McMillan.
June 22, 2000... A. Shiel & B. A. Wilson, Assessment After Extremely Severe Head Injury in a Case of Life or Death: Further Support for McMillan, 12 BRAIN INJURY 809 (1998). Assessment of people with multiple injury is problematic particularly when it is...

Neuropsychological Assessment of a Potential "Euthanasia" Case: A Five Year Follow Up.
June 22, 2000... T. M. McMillan & C. M. Herbert, Neuropsychological Assessment of a Potential "Euthanasia" Case: A Five Year Follow Up, 14 BRAIN INJURY 197 (2000). In England and Wales, withdrawal of tube feeding requires application to the Supreme Court,...

The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies, and the Family.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Kilner, John E, et al., eds. The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies, and the Family. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000. Within the fast-paced, highly controverted field of...

Issues for a Catholic Bioethic.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Gormally, Luke, ed. Issues for a Catholic Bioethic. London: The Linacre Centre, 1999. This volume contains all the invited papers and a small selection of submitted papers given at the International Conference held at Queens' College,...

Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Torr, James D., ed., Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. The Opposing Viewpoints Digest series explores controversial issues in a pro/ con format. This book is a collection of articles by experts,...

Medical Ethics.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Torr, James D., ed. Medical Ethics. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. This book is part of the Current Controversies Series that examines important social and political issues. Each volume presents a diverse selection of primary...

Problems in Health Care Law.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Miller, Robert D. 4z Rebecca C. Hutton. Problems in Health Care Law, 8th ed. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000. This new edition has significant restructuring in order to keep up with the major changes in health care law....