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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This report from the Select Committee on Aging examines financial, medical, and social issues surrounding terminally ill patients with special emphasis on the elderly terminally ill. The first section discusses topics related to the medical treatment of the terminally ill. Two basic issues are important: the right to have medical treatment and the…
Descriptors: Costs, Death, Medical Services, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedRich, Ben A. – Journal of College and University Law, 1986
A discussion of legal issues in the academic medical center focuses on standards of care applicable to practitioners, special problems of patient care delivery, and the special status of public academic medical centers. Informed consent to care, relations with affiliated institutions, and private/non-private patient status are also considered.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Higher Education, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility
