Issues in Law & Medicine articles from September 1991

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from September 1991

Risk-benefit ratio: the soft underbelly of patient autonomy.
September 22, 1991... On the face of it, nothing could be more reasonable than for a patient to weigh the risks attendant to a medical treatment against any benefits it might be expected to produce. Everyone supports the idea of informed consent, so appropriate to...

The inability to swallow as a fatal pathology: comments on the McHugh/O'Rourke correspondence and the removal of life-sustaining treatment. (Bishop James McHugh, Father Kevin O'Rourke)
September 22, 1991... In September 1989, Bishop James McHugh circulated to all priests in the New Jersey Diocese of Camden a position paper concerning the provision of artificial hydration and nutrition (AHN). (1) In his paper, Bishop McHugh concludes, inter alia,...

Death by deliberate dehydration and starvation: silent echoes of the hungerhauser. (Symposium: Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die)
September 22, 1991... During the final days of his life, Oscar Wilde, aware that death was imminent, lost interest in food but drank whenever one of his visitors brought him a bottle. In reply to a friend's warning that his drinking was self-destructive, Wilde...

The case of Mr. Stevens. (persistent vegetative state) (Symposium: Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die)
September 22, 1991... If I were requested to testify at trial as a "bioethical expert" my services would generally be contingent on two conditions. First, under ideal circumstances, I would prefer to be retained by the trial court judge him or herself and not by...

Getting down to cases. (Symposium: Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die)
September 22, 1991... Moral reasoning in clinical decisionmaking does not consist of drawing formal deductions from invariable abstract principles. It requires discerning judgment that weighs the uncertainties, complexities, and probabilities that the facts of a...

Concerning the case of 'Mr. Stevens.' (Symposium: Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die)
September 22, 1991... The case presented for consideration concerns a "Mr. Stevens," a forty-nine year old man who received a severe head wound in an automobile accident. Various medical tests have been performed in the two-year period since the accident, and...

Lives of inestimable value: life worthy of life: a response to the National Health and Medical Research Council's 'Discussion Paper on the Ethics of Limiting Life-Sustaining Treatment.' (Australia)
September 22, 1991... Disabled People' International (Australia) only recently became aware of National Health and Medical Research Council's (NH&MRC) "Discussion the Ethics of Limiting Life-Sustaining Treatment." [1] Disabled Peoples' International (Australia)...

AIDS Practice Manual: A Legal and Educational Guide, 3d ed.
September 22, 1991... The authoritative Third Edition of the AIDS Practice Manual offers expert guidance and analysis of the wide range of legal issues raised by the epidemic. Completely updated and revised, the Third Edition provides practical assistance as well...

AIDS and the Law.
September 22, 1991... The purpose of this book is twofold. First, it explains the medical background of infections with the AIDS virus and the associated legal issues to members of medical and legal professions and to nonprofessionals as well. The second purpose...

The AIDS Benefits Handbook.
September 22, 1991... This is a comprehensive, step by step guide to obtaining social welfare benefits for people with AIDS and ARC. The book discusses the programs that are available, in each case cutting through the complexities of the welfare system and...

History of AIDS: Emergence and Origin of a Modern Pandemic.
September 22, 1991... The author, Mirko D. Grmek, a world renowned authority on AIDS, presents the story of the AIDS virus and its subsequent development into a virulent, fatal disease that has become an international epidemic. Several narratives overlap in this...

The Environmental Context of AIDS.
September 22, 1991... This book begins with a history of AIDS, focusing on North America. Behavior change is viewed as essential, so precepts of health promotion and health belief models used to predict motivation and risk behavior are discussed. Particular...

The Biology of AIDS, 2d ed.
September 22, 1991... The purpose of this text is to provide the nonspecialized student with a firm scientific overview of AIDS from a biomedical perspective. The biological aspects include cellular and molecular descriptions of the immune system and the AIDS virus...

AIDS Law in a Nut Shell.
September 22, 1991... Since this book was intended to be read and used by a number of different audiences, some of whom may be unfamiliar with law, the authors have kept the number of references to a minimum and have avoided the use of typical legal jargon....