Journal of Law and Health articles from March 22 1997

Journal of Law and Health archives from March 22 1997

Accommodating vulnerabilities to environmental tobacco smoke: a prism for understanding the ADA. (Americans with Disabilities Act)
March 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION Environmental tobacco smoke ("ETS") is the "second-hand" smoke produced by cigarettes. Recent evidence suggests that ETS presents a broad-reaching public health risk.(4) For some individuals, however, ETS presents an...

The liability of psychotherapists for breach of confidentiality.
March 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION A. Confidentiality as a Major Component of the Therapeutic Relationship Since its earliest beginnings, psychotherapy has been concerned with confidential communications. When a patient and a psychotherapist...

Resolving conflicting laws and policy in integrated delivery systems development.
March 22, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION Historically, health care services in the United States have been delivered by providers organized as separate economic and legal entities.(3) Hospitals, physicians and various allied health professionals all had...

Prenatal genetic screening: the enigma of selective abortion.
March 22, 1997... In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring Struggle for Existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of Selection... Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object...

'Tis better to give than to receive: charitable donations of medical malpractice punitive damages.
March 22, 1997... "Virtue down the middle," said the Devil as he sat between two lawyers.(1) It is difficult on principle to understand why, when the sufferer by a tort has been fully compensated for his suffering, he should recover ...