Review the latest posts by our ASLME Society Scholars - then respond with your own thoughts and insights. We also invite you to participate in our forums or drop a note in our suggestion box. This is your page - and your opportunity to shape the debate. So jump right in, and check back often to see what's new. http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars 2010-06-07 13:00 Tucked within the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are at least two relatively unheralded provisions that impact the end-of-life care.No, they do not establish death panels to determine which citizens no longer merit health care expenditures.Nor do they cut off health care coverage for the most elderly senior citizens.Rather, they relate to hospice care, which is prim... http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars?post=261 2010-05-12 13:00 South Africas AIDS Law Project, founded seventeen years ago to take on the legal challenges of HIV, is transforming itself into SECTION27. The aim of this new organization, summarized by its tag line "catalysts for social justice," is to use its proven HIV advocacy strategies of coordinated litigation and grassroots campaigning to advance a broader agenda of human rights and rule of law. (Nathan ... http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars?post=249 2010-04-23 13:00 Currently pending before the United States Supreme Court is Pfizers appeal in Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc. At issue is the applicability of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) as the basis for jurisdiction over alleged violations of customary international law committed by Pfizer in Nigeria. The appeal will determine whether non-consensual medical experimentation violates the law of nations, and, therefor... http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars?post=241 2010-03-22 13:00 Authors Note: This is the first in a two-part commentary. The second part focuses on Justice James Nelsons concurring opinion. This past New Years Eve, the Montana Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated ruling in Baxter et al. v. State of Montana. At issue in the case was whether terminally ill, competent adult patients enjoy a right to physician-assisted suicide and whethe... http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars?post=225 2010-03-08 13:00 I. ABSTRACT Significantly, in California state surveyors may respond to anonymous complaints about the quality of patient care services.They are obligated to respond to those complaints unannounced.Typically, an investigation of a complaint is made by a registered nurse, employed by the California Department of Public Health, Licensing & Certification Division.This nurse is common... http://www.aslme.org/Society_Scholars?post=216