Issues in Law & Medicine articles from March 1993

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from March 1993

Medical treatment rights of older persons and persons with disabilities: 1991-92 developments.
March 22, 1993... This article covers developments occurring from the beginning of October 1991 to the end of September 1992. During this period, the federal government considered the issues of health care rationing, the medical rights of residents in long-term...

Dying safely. (response to Timothy E. Quill, New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 324, p. 691. 1991)
March 22, 1993... A rabbinical dictum has it that we should 'place fences around the law.' The idea is that restraints and prohibitions should be in place to prevent us from reaching, or at least impede our progress toward, the point of absolute and damning...

Assisted suicide and the case of Dr. Quill and Diane. (response to Timothy E. Quill, New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 324, p. 691, 1991)
March 22, 1993... Dr. Timothy Quill provoked a great deal of debate when The New England Journal of Medicine published his description of a woman named Diane, a patient whom Quill helped to commit suicide.(1) Among the responses published in a later issue of the...

What about legalized assisted suicide?
March 22, 1993... The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night.(1) The debate on the right to die has recently reached the proportions the abortion debate has held over the last few decades....

Euthanasia: a concept whose time has come?
March 22, 1993... The issue to be discussed is euthanasia--its advantages and disadvantages, the reasons supporting its use, and the reasons opposing its use. As Joubert said in the eighteenth century, it is better to debate a question without settling it than...

When Medicine Went Mad: Bioethics and the Holocaust.
March 22, 1993... This paperback manual is a practical guide which discusses the documents that permit people to control their medical fate, including the "living will" and the durable power of attorney for health care. It provides model documents with complete...

Living Wills and More: Everything You Need to Ensure That All Your Medical Wishes Are Followed.
March 22, 1993... A panel of experts and concentration camp survivors examines difficult problems raised by Nazi medicine. The relevance of these issues to contemporary biomedical disputes-particularly in the areas of medical genetics, human experimentation,...

Dementia and Aging: Ethics, Values, and Policy Choices.
March 22, 1993... Several million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementing disorder. For families, professional caregivers, policymakers, and the patients themselves, the challenges are immense, and the economic costs are...

Life on the Line: Ethics, Aging, Ending Patients' Lives, and Allocating Vital Resources.
March 22, 1993... The author draws on biblical principles to develop a basic ethical approach for dealing with difficult end-of-life situations and the allocation of limited medical resources. Arguing that a biblically based medical ethics must be God-centered,...

Let's Talk, An Honest Conversation on Critical Issues: Abortion, Euthanasia, AIDS, and Health Care.
March 22, 1993... The former United States Surgeon General and the ABC News medical editor discuss by informal correspondence abortion, euthanasia, AIDS, and health care. Their exchange is candid, yet civil. The authors have dedicated their lives to...