Skip to content
Katherine C. Pearson, Editor, and a Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network on LexBlog.com

New from Elder Law Studies eJournal

June 2, 2010

ELDER LAW STUDIES eJOURNAL
Sponsored by Syracuse University College of Law
Vol. 2, No. 13: Jun 01, 2010
NINA A. KOHN, EDITOR
Associate Professor, Syracuse University – College of Law
nakohn@law.syr.edu

Browse ALL abstracts for this journal:  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalbrowse&journal_id=1311441
 

Table of Contents

Medical Decision-Making for Incapacitated Elders: A ‘Therapeutic Interests’ Standard
Marshall B. Kapp, Florida State University, College of Law and College of Medicine

Physician-Assisted Suicide and Dementia: The Impossibility of a Workable Regulatory Regime
John Mitchell, Seattle University School of Law

Advance Directives in Mental Health Care: Hearing the Voice of the Mentally Ill
Fiona E. Morrissey, National University of Ireland, Galway, Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT)

Coerced Participation in Clinical Trials: Conscripting Human Research Subjects
Lars Noah, University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law

How Do the Elderly Fare in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Before and after Tort Reform? Evidence from Texas, 1988-2007
Myungho Paik, Northwestern University – School of Law
Bernard S. Black, Northwestern University – School of Law, Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management, University of Texas at Austin – School of Law, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
David A. Hyman, University of Illinois – College of Law
William M. Sage, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Charles Silver, University of Texas at Austin – School of Law