Issues in Law & Medicine articles from March 1989

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from March 1989

Medical treatment for older people and people with disabilities: 1988 developments.
March 22, 1989... Medical Treatment for Older People and People with Disabilities: 1988 Developments Summary In 1988, the United States Supreme Court determined that "primary alcoholism" is "willful misconduct" that disqualifies veterans for an...

The practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands.
March 22, 1989... The Practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands When people talk of euthanasia, they think of a patient who is so very ill and suffers so much that the doctor gives him a lethal injection. Sometimes, doctors, following their duty to alleviate...

Hadamar, Hippocrates, and the future of medicine: reflections on euthanasia and the history of German medicine.
March 22, 1989... Hadamar, Hippocrates, and the Future of Medicine: Reflections on Euthanasia and the History of German Medicine On `Learning From History'--An Introduction The difficulties involved in any attempt to extract from the history of German...

Alternative to euthanasia: pain management.
March 22, 1989... Alternative to Euthanasia: Pain Management Euthanasia is increasingly being touted as a beguilingly simple solution to the tragedy of a badly managed terminal illness. However, critical examination reveals that, far from being any kind of...

In re Estate of Darrell Dorone. (Pennsylvania)
March 22, 1989... In re Estate of Darrell Dorone HELD: In a medical emergency situation which requires an immediate decision, nothing less than a fully conscious contemporaneous decision by the patient will be sufficient to override evidence of...

Morgan v. Olds. (Iowa)
March 22, 1989... Morgan v. Olds HELD: Attending doctors do not have an independent duty to the incompetent patient's family to employ reasonable care in consulting with and obtaining their consent prior to any decision with respect to the...

In re Drabick. (California)
March 22, 1989... In re Drabick HELD: A conservator may decide to withdraw artificial life support systems on behalf of a conservatee who is in a persistent vegetative state if the decision is based on medical advice and takes into account the...

McConnell v. Beverly Enterprises.
March 22, 1989... McConnell v. Beverly Enterprises HELD: The health care facility must cease administering medication and desist providing any further artificial life-support systems (including nutrition and hydration) to the patient. Since a...

Gray v. Romeo
March 22, 1989... Gray v. Romeo HELD: An incompetent patient's right to refuse life-sustaining treatment, exercised on her behalf by her husband, is protected by the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and common law notions of bodily...

Euthanasia in the Netherlands: a model for the United States?
March 22, 1989... Euthanasia in the Netherlands: A Model for the United States? The euthanasia debate has escalated dramatically in the United States over the past five years. What is commonly referred to as passive euthanasia has been sanctioned by many...