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Are Prisoners Medical Captives?
The medical treatment of captive patients is a litmus test for a good society. See Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A: Captive Patients, Captive Doctors: Clinical Dilemmas and Interventions in Caring for Patients in Managed Health Care. Gen. Hospital Psychiatry 1999; 21:239-248; and Bursztajn HJ, Brodsky A: Clear, Convincing, and Authentic Advance Directives in the Context Of Managed Care? J. Clin Ethics 1994; 5:364-366. If those such as prison inmates, the poor, or patients in restrictive managed care plans who have little choice as to their treating clinician are nonetheless able to rely on their physicians for ethical treatment, then those who do have a choice can do so all the more. Bursztajn HJ, Feinbloom RI, Hamm RM, Brodsky A: Medical Choices, Medical Chances: How Patients, Families, and Physicians Can Cope with Uncertainty. New York: Routledge, 1990. In total-institution settings, demoralization sets in when what little choice remains is further restricted.
It is against this background that the question of whether prisoners should be allowed to donate organs for transplantation is explored. In this article, we focus on prospective living organ donors who face capital punishment. Some of the issues raised may also apply to death row inmates who wish to become cadaveric organ donors and donate their organs after death. However, in the latter instance, their right to do so may conflict less with society's interest in justice.
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Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?
The Benefits of Blockchain for e-Discovery and Data Preservation
As businesses across various industries increasingly adopt blockchain, it will become a critical source of discoverable electronically stored information. The potential benefits of blockchain for e-discovery and data preservation are substantial, making it an area of growing interest and importance.