Iwas interested and also very disap-pointed to see that the crown attorney in charge of Dr.
Nancy Morrison's case, which was outlined in Nancy Robb's article “Death in a Halifax …

Technological advances in recent years have produced miraculous medical results. We can
provide mechanical support for the ailing body system while healing takes place …

In this case the state board of medical examiners revoked the license of the defendant to
practice in Oregon as a physician and surgeon because of alleged unprofessional conduct …

Imagine that you have recently been diagnosed with a debilitating illness. Your physician
recommends that you enroll in a clinical trial of an experimental new drug that may offer the …

Illusory Progress? then was transferred to another hospital's emergency room, treated in a
hyperbaric chamber, and released with no apparent side-effects or injuries. In this case, it …

T he question of how and when a novel medical procedure becomes accepted as standard
practice has important legal implications. It may in certain situations be determinative of …

On January 17, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act beat back yet another attempt on its life. In
Gonzales v. Oregon, the US Supreme Court (by a six-to-three vote) affirmed decisions of two …

A recent court case in Britain has brought the issue of euthanasia back to the forefront of
public debate there. In September 1992 Dr. Nigel Cox, a respected hospital specialist in …

Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach1—The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit recently held that terminally ill patients have a due process right to access …

While patients may be as likely as physicians to abandon medically futile treatment, it is the
conflict between the patient or surrogate demanding treatment and the doctor refusingto …