Life, death and in-between
Subtitle: health and the law.
Publisher: Oregon Health Sciences University
Published: 1996
Place of publication: [Portland, Or
Language: eng
Subjects: Legislation, Medical -- United States.; Legislation, Medical -- Oregon.; Ethics, Medical.; Economics, Medical.; Medicaid.; Health Care Rationing.; Informed Consent.; Advance Directives.; Right to Die -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Oregon.; Terminal Care.; Long-Term Care.; Complementary Therapies.; Health Care Reform.; Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Oregon.; Communicable Disease Control -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Oregon.
Genres: legislation & jurisprudence
Other titles: Health and the law
Notes: Cover title.

Readings for a class given in Portland and Eugene in June-July 1996.
Table of contents: value: June 24-25: Medicine and money: quality, cost & access? / presenters, Ted Falk, Tim Goldfarb.; value: June 26-27: Government health care: welfare state or caring community / presenters, Kent B. Thurber, Michael Garland.; value: July 1-2: The Oregon Health Plan: rationing life and death / presenter, E. Paul Kirk.; value: July 8-9: Informed consent, competency and control: issues in advanced directive and human research / presenters, Lee Judy, Bridget Carney.; value: (cont.) July 10-11: Right to die: legalities at the end of life / presenters, David Schuman, Tom Balmer, Linda Ganzini, Melinda Lee.; value: July 15-16: Terminal and long term care: beyond the warehouse / presenters, Janet Billups, Wayne Nelson, Susan Tolle.; value: July 17-18: Alternative and experimental medicine: pseudoscience or tomorrow's mainstream? / presenters, Jan Stafl, Shelley Maurice-Maier, Armonica Gilford.; value: July 22-23: Containing disease and epidemic: public health and private rights / Rhea Kessler, Robert O. McAlister.