Issues in Law & Medicine articles from March 1992

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from March 1992

Medical treatment rights of older persons and persons with disabilities: 1991 developments.
March 22, 1992... Summary Federal legislation requires that health care facilities receiving Medicaid payments must provide their patients upon admission with information on advance directives. The Department of Justice has issued regulations...

Quality-adjusted life years: ethical implications and the Oregon plan.
March 22, 1992... INTRODUCTION Definition and Use A QALY (quality-adjusted life years) is a numerical description of the value that a medical procedure or service can be expected to provide to groups of patients with similar medical conditions....

Guidelines for state court decision making in life-sustaining medical treatment cases.
March 22, 1992... Need for and Inception of Project Only twenty-five years ago, a decision regarding life-sustaining medical treatment (hereinafter LSMT) (2) was the exclusive province of the patient, (3) the patient's family, and the treating physician....

Viewing the 'draft guidelines for state court decision making in authorizing or withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment' from the perspective of related areas of law and economics: a critique.
March 22, 1992... Introduction (1) In December 1990, the National Center for State Courts published its "Draft Guidelines for State Court Decision Making in Authorizing or Withholding Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment (LSMT)." (2) The introduction to...

In re Sue Ann Lawrance. (never-competent patient now in a persistent vegetative state) (Indiana)
March 22, 1992... Sue Ann Lawrance was a forty-two year old, never-competent woman diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state as the result of a full in 1987. In re Sue Ann Lawrance, 579 N.E.2d 32, 34-35 (Ind. 1991). Though she had been a healthy...

Drawing the Line: Life, Death, and Ethical Choices in an American Hospital.
March 22, 1992... In the summer of 1985 philosopher Samuel Gorovitz spent seven weeks observing the activities of Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. Officially titled a Visiting Scholar in Residence, he was granted unlimited access throughout the facility. This...

Too Old for Health Care? Controversies in Medicine, Law, Economics, and Ethics.
March 22, 1992... Rationing health car for older people is an issue that is gaining widespread attention and creating unnecessary fears among older people and their families. But can limiting lifesaving care solely on the basis of the patient's age really be...

Health Care Law and Ethics.
March 22, 1992... This is a succint exposition of the law to which a student or professional may turn for reliable guidance. It addresses two areas of increasing importance. One is the legal and financial structure of health care; the other is bioethics....

Paying the Doctor: Health Policy and Physician Reimbursement.
March 22, 1992... Although it does not seem unusual to us that professionals be compensated for the product or service they provide, there are some professionals that make us feel uncomfortable with the necessity of payment. This book explores this dilemma as...

Health Care Services in the 1990s: A Consumer's Guide.
March 22, 1992... This volume provides a collocation of basic information and advice. It begins by describing the role consumers should assume in promoting their own health. It offers extensive explanations of caregiving institutions, professional health care...