Legal issues

My daily Schiavo post

March 23, 2005

I am continuing to post concerning this patient because of the great interest that she engenders. First, the American people agree with the courts: USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll results I greatly admire Charles Krauthammer. He trained as a physician, and I believe practiced psychiatry. I find him thoughtful, logical and well considered in his opinions. Between [...]

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Opinions on the Terry Schiavo situation

March 22, 2005

From the NY Times – A Blow to the Rule of Law That should have settled the matter. But supporters of Ms. Schiavo’s parents, particularly members of the religious right, leaned heavily on Congress and the White House to step in. They did so yesterday with the new law, which gives “any parent of Theresa [...]

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Schiavo – more from Bioethics

March 21, 2005

Two more thoughtful entries from the Bioethics Discussion Blog – If Schiavo Why Not Jones? (1) What the Congress and presumably the President is forgetting is who is the person who deserves the actions in the best interest. It is not the President, the Congress, the court system, political or religious groups, news media, the [...]

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Special health courts – the debate

March 17, 2005

Now this is interesting – The Doctor’s Court? Apparently, magazine Legal Affairs sponsors weekly debates on legal issues. This week’s debate focuses on special health courts. The participants: Philip K. Howard is Founder and Chair of Common Good and the author of The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. Stephanie Mencimer is [...]

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Is the Oregon assisted suicide law legal?

February 23, 2005

Justices Accept Oregon Case Weighing Assisted Suicide In an action likely to reopen a national debate over whether doctors should be able to help terminally ill patients end their lives, the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear the Bush administration’s challenge to the only state law in the country that authorizes physician-assisted suicide. Oregon’s [...]

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Rangel on advanced directives

February 2, 2005

Please read this rant. Patient autonomy trumped by family . . and the lawyers! I would not have listened to the family. They were wrong. The lawyer was wrong. I would take my chances and would have never consulted the ethics committee. In my opinion, the medical actions left the physicians and the hospital at [...]

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The New Yorker comments on the Vioxx lawsuits

January 25, 2005

Don’t do the Math In the business world, bad news is usually good news—for somebody else. Ever since Merck announced, this past fall, that the pain reliever Vioxx could be linked to an increased risk of strokes or heart attacks, ads from lawyers trolling for potential plaintiffs (“Hire a Texas Vioxx lawyer,” “Vioxx injury claims”) [...]

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Special Health Courts

January 21, 2005

Long time readers know that I admire Common Good’s approach to tort reform. Apparently the NY Times had good things to say on their editorial page a couple of weeks ago – unfortunately I missed it and am not willing to pay to read the entire editorial. Common Good comments – New York Times: It’s [...]

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Constitutional right to a jury trial

December 20, 2004

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed. [...]

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Supreme Court to address medical marijuana

November 29, 2004

Supreme Court to weigh medical marijuana laws Supporters of Raich and another ill woman who filed a lawsuit after her home was raided by federal agents argue that people with the AIDS virus, cancer and other diseases should be able to grow and use marijuana. Besides California, nine other states allow people to use marijuana [...]

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