
Marshall B. Kapp
Garwin Distinguished Professor of Law and Medicine
Publications
BOOKS
Law and Mental Health Professionals: Ohio. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2005. 377 p. (with Leon VandeCreek).
Ethics, Law and Aging Review, Volume 11: "Deinstitutionalizing Long-Term Care: Making Legal Strides, Avoiding Policy Errors." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2005. 124 pp.
Ethics, Law and Aging Review, Volume 10:
"Decision-Making Capacity and Older Persons." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2004. 138 pp.
Vulnerable Populations in the Long Term Care Continuum. Co-editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2004. 158 pp. (with Paul R. Katz & Mathy D. Mezey)
Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 9: "Assuring Safety in Long Term Care: Ethical Implications, Legal Strategies, and Practical Limitations." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2003.
The Law and Older Persons: Is Geriatric Jurisprudence Therapeutic? Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2003. 223 pp.
Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 8: "Issues in Conducting Research With and About Older Persons." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2002.
Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 7: "Liability Issues and Risk Management in Caring for Older Persons." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2001.
Lessons in Law and Aging: A Tool for Educators and Students. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2001. 225 pp.
Consumer Choice in Home and Community-Based Long
Term Care: Policy Implications for Decisionally Incapacitated Consumers.
Oxford, Ohio: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, 2000. 30 p.
Ethics, Law and Aging Review, Volume 6: "Consumer-Directed Care and the Older Person." Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2000.
Geriatrics and the Law: Understanding Patient Rights and Professional Responsibilities. 3d ed. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1999. 317 pp.
Our Hands Are Tied: Legal Tensions and Medical Ethics. Westport, Conn. Auburn House, 1998. 175 pp.
The "Voluntary" Status of Nursing Facility
Admissions: Legal, Practice, and Public Policy Implications. Oxford, Ohio:
Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, 1997. 24 p.
Older Adults’ Decision-Making and the Law. Co-editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1996. 298 pp. (with Michael A. Smyer & K. Warner Schaie)
Key Words in Ethics, Law, and Aging: A Guide to Contemporary Usage. New York:. New York: Springer Publishing Co. 1995. 89 pp.
Patient Self-Determination in Long-Term Care: Implementing the PSDA in Medical Decisions. Editor. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1994. 215 pp. Named on the 1998 Brandon/Hill List of Recommended Books for a Nursing Library.
Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992. 175 pp.
Geriatrics and the Law: Patient Rights and Professional Responsibilities. 2d ed. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1992. 335 pp.
Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health Care. Norwalk, Conn.: Appleton and Lange, 1991. 225 pp. (with Amy Haddad). Recipient of Book of the Year award by American Journal of Nursing, 1991.
Law, Medicine and Health Care, Volume 18, No. 3 Fall 1990): Symposium on
"Law and Aging." Guest editor. Boston: American Society of Law and Medicine, 1990.
Teaching Nurses to Stay out of Legal Trouble. Co-author. Audio Cassette Program and Study Guide. Chicago: Pluribus Press, 1989.
Legal Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. 166 pp.
Preventing Malpractice in Long Term Care: Strategies for Risk Management. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1987. 248 pp.
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly. Co-editor. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Health Administration Press, 1986. 322 pp. (with Harvey E. Pies & A. Edward Doudera).
(Recipient of Book of the Year award by American Journal of Nursing, 1986.)
Legal Guide for Medical Office Managers. Chicago: Pluribus Press, 1985. 159 pp.
Geriatrics and the Law: Patient Rights and Professional Responsibilities. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1985. 253 pp. (with Arthur Bigot).
CHAPTERS
"Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act." In
Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited by Sana Loue and Martha
Sajatovic, 604-05. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Medical Malpractice." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited
by Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 539-40. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Living Wills." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited by
Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 508. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Durable Power of Attorney." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health,
edited by Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 295-97. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Conservatorship." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited by
Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 230-32. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Confidentiality." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited by
Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 227-28. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Advance Directives." In Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health, edited
by Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, 94-95. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Informed Consent." In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences,
edited b7y William A. Darity, Jr., vol. 4, 32-34. 2d ed. Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA, 2008.
"Nursing Home Reform Act." In The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The
Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care, edited by Elizabeth A.
Capezuti, Eugenia L. Siegler, and Mathy D. Mezey, 563-64. 2d. ed. New York:
Springer, 2008.
"Advance Directives." In The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive
Resource on Geriatric and Social Care, edited by Elizabeth A. Capezuti,
Eugenia L. Siegler, and Mathy D. Mezey, 17-19. 2d. ed. New York: Springer, 2008.
"Health Care Decisions for the Elderly." In Legal Perspectives in Bioethics,
edited by Ana S. Iltis, Sandra H. Johnson, and Barbara A. Hinze, 196-207. New
York: Routledge, 2008.
"Geriatric Patients." In Legal Medicine, edited by S. Sandy Sanbar,
559-63. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier, 2007.
"Informed Consent and Risk Management." In Stephen E. Wolverton,
Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug Therapy, 1003-09. 2d ed. Saunders Elsevier,
2007. (with Stephen E. Wolverton)
"Foreword." In Medical Ethics and the Elderly, 2d ed., edited by
Gurcharan Rai, vi-vii. Oxford (U.K.): Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004.
"Common Legal and Ethical Issues." In Current Geriatric Diagnosis & Treatment,
edited by C. Seth Landefeld et al., 482-89. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
"Geriatric Patients." In Legal Medicine, edited by American College of
Legal Medicine Textbook Committee, 541-45. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby, 2004.
"Guardianship." In Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance, edited by Lois
A. Vitt, 342-45. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003.
"Decision Making for Vulnerable Populations." In Vulnerable Populations in
the Long Term Care Continuum, edited by Paul R. Katz, Mathy D. Mezey, and
Marshall B. Kapp. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2003.
"Impaired Professionals." In Encyclopedia of Bioethics, edited by Stephen
G. Post, 1233-36. 3rd ed. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Macmillan Reference, 2003.
"Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry." In Psychiatry, edited by Allan Tasman,
Jerald Kay, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman, 2289-2312. 2d ed. New York: John Wiley &
Sons, 2003 (co-author).
"Foreword." In Medical-Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care, edited by Jeffrey
M. Levine, xi-xiii. Tucson, Ariz.: Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co., Inc., 2003.
"Medical Treatment and the Physician’s Legal Duties." In Geriatric Medicine,
edited by Christine K. Cassel et al., 1221-31. 4th ed. New York: Springer-
Verlag, 2003.
"The Ethics of Pain Management in Older Adults." In Care of the Aged,
edited by James M. Humber & Robert T. Almeder, 129-44. Totowa, N.J.: Humana
Press, 2003.
"Guardianship." In Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by David J. Ekerdt,
580-82. New York: MacMillan Reference, 2002.
"Americans With Disabilities Act." In Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by
David J. Ekerdt, 56-59. New York: MacMillan Reference, 2002.
"Advance Directives for Health Care." In Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by
David J. Ekerdt, 18–20. New York: MacMillan Reference, 2002.
"Patient 36—A 65 Year-Old Man With End-Stage Metastatic Cancer Who Requests
Discontinuation of Life-Sustaining Medical Interventions." In Palliative Care
and End-of-Life Pearls, edited by John Heffner and Ira Byock, 114-16.
Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2002.
"Therapeutic Jurisprudence and American Elder Law." In Aging: Culture,
Health, and Social Change, edited by David N. Weisstub et al., 83-100.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press, 2001.
"Proxy Decision Making." In The Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by George
L. Maddox, 837-39. 3d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2001.
"Provider Liability and Risk." In The Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by
George L. Maddox, 835-37. 3d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2001.
"Legal Services." In The Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by George L.
Maddox, 587-88. 3d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2001.
"Ethics." In The Encyclopedia of Aging, edited by George L. Maddox,
353-55. 3d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2001 (co-author).
"Informed Consent and Risk Management." In Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug
Therapy, edited by Stephen E. Wolverton, 898-904. Philadelphia: W.B.
Saunders Company, 2001 (co-author).
"Geriatric Patients." In Legal Medicine, edited by American College of
Legal Medicine Textbook Committee, 394-98. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2001.
"Legal Liability Anxieties in the ICU." In Managing Death in the Intensive
Care Unit: The Transition from Cure to Comfort, edited by J. Randall Curtis
and Gordon D. Rubenfeld, 231-44. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
"Human Subjects Research, Law, Law of Informed Consent." In Encyclopedia of
Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology, edited by Thomas J.
Murray and Maxwell J. Mehlman, 692-95. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
"Decision Making." In Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, edited by Dan
Osterweil, Kenneth Brummel-Smith, and John C. Beck, 589-610. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2000 (co-author).
"Testing Consumer-Directed Models of Long-Term Care: Ethical and Legal
Considerations." In Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, edited by Marshall B.
Kapp, volume 6, 181-87. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2000.
"Documentation for Health Care Administrators." In Mental Health
Administration: A Guide for Practitioners, edited by Paul Rodenhauser,
128-47.Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2000 (co-author).
"Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision Making."
In Cultural Issues in End of Life Decision Making, edited by Kathryn
Braun, James Pietsch, and Patricia Blanchette, 55-68. Thousand Oaks, Calif.:
Sage Publications, 1999.
"Le consentement eclaire a l’etranger: Aux Etats-Unis." In L’Information du
Patient: Du Consentement Eclaire a la Decision Partagee, edited by Isabelle
Durand-Zaleski, 23-25. Paris, France: Medecine-Sciences Flammarion, 1999.
"Ethical Issues in Legal Care." In Handbook on Ethical Issues in Aging,
edited by Tanya F. Johnson, 261-70. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
"Legal Perspectives on Ethical Issues." In Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core
Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, edited by Elizabeth L. Cobbs, Edmund H.
Dunthie, Jr., and John B. Murphy, 35-42, 306-07. 4th ed. New York: American
Geriatrics Society; Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1999.
"Health Care Decision Making: Legal and Financial Considerations." In Aging,
Rights, and Quality of Life: Prospects for Older People With Developmental
Disabilities, edited by Stanley S. Herr and Germain Weber, 45-48. Baltimore:
Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., 1999.
"The Law and the Elderly." In The Practical Guide to Aging: What Everyone
Needs to Know, edited by Christine K. Cassel, 99-125. New York: New York
University Press, 1999.
"Ethical and Legal Issues." In Practice of Geriatrics, edited by Edmund
H. Duthie, Jr. and Paul R. Katz, 31-37. 3d ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders
Company, 1998.
"Legal Basis of Guardianship." In Guardianship of the Elderly: Psychiatric
and Judicial Aspects, edited by George H. Zimny and George T. Grossberg,
16-24. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1998.
"Geriatric Patients." In Legal Medicine, edited by American College of
Legal Medicine Textbook Committee, 417-21. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book,
1998.
"Medical Treatment and the Physician's Legal Duties." In Geriatric Medicine,
edited by Christine K. Cassel et al., 979-91. 3d ed. New York: Springer-Verlag,
1997.
"Ethical and Legal Issues." In Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum
in Geriatric Medicine, edited by David B. Reuben, Thomas T. Yoshikawa, and
Richard W. Besdine, 36-44, 348-49. 3d ed. New York: American Geriatrics Society,
1996.
"Special Issues in Psychiatric Ethics." In Psychiatry, edited by Allan
Tasman, Jerald Kay, and Jeffrey A. Lieberman, 1822-33. Philadelphia: W.B.
Saunders Company, 1997 (co-author).
"Should Older Persons Be Able to Give Assets to Family Members Without Affecting
Medicaid Eligibility?" In Controversial Issues in Aging, edited by A.E.
Scharlach and L.W. Kaye. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997.
"Assessment of Competence to Make Medical Decisions." In The Practical
Handbook of Clinical Gerontology, edited by Laura L. Carstensen, Barry A.
Edelstein, and Laurie Dornbrand, 174-87. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage
Publications, 1996.
"Rationing of Health Care." In Encyclopedia of U.S. Biomedical Policy,
edited by Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick, 257-59. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1996.
"Guardianship." In Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology, edited by Lois
A. Vitt and Jurg K. Siegenthaler, 233-36. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
1996.
"Medicolegal Issues." In Psychiatric Care in the Nursing Home, edited by
William E. Reichman and Paul R. Katz, 277-90. New York: Oxford University Press,
1996.
"Treatment and Refusal Rights in Mental Health: Therapeutic Justice and Clinical
Accommodation." In Law, Mental Health, and Mental Disorder, edited by B.D.
Sales and D.W. Shuman. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., 1996.
"Alternatives to Guardianship: Enhanced Autonomy for Diminished Capacity." In
Older Adults’ Decision-Making and the Law, edited by M. Smyer, K.W. Schaie,
and M.B. Kapp. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1996.
"Aging and the Law." In Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, edited
by Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George. 4th ed. San Diego, Calif.: Academic
Press,1996.
"Medico-Legal Aspects of Critical Care: United States of America." In
Critical Care: Standards, Audit and Ethics, edited by Jack Tinker, Doreen
R.G. Browne, and William J. Sibbald, 382-90. New York: Oxford University Press,
1996.
"Proxy Decision Making." In The Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by
George L. Maddox, 771-72. 2d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995.
"Liability and Risk." In The Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by
George L. Maddox, 551-52. 2d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995.
"Legal Services." In The Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by George L.
Maddox, 543-44. 2d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995.
"Filial Responsibility." In The Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by
George L. Maddox, 370-71. 2d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995 (updater).
"Ethics." In The Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by George L. Maddox,
332-34. 2d ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1995 (co-author).
"Problems and Protocols for Dying at Home in a High-Tech Environment." In
Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home
Care, edited by John D. Arras, 180-96. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1995.
"Geriatric Patients." In Legal Medicine, edited by American College of
Legal Medicine, 488-93. 3d ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1995.
"Ethical and Legal Implications of Advances in Genetic Testing Technology." In
Legal Medicine 1994, edited by Cyril H. Wecht, 305-19. Salem, N.H.:
Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1994.
"Defensive Medicine in Geriatric Practice." In The Rational Use of Advanced
Medical Technology With the Elderly, edited by Freddy Homburger, 67-74. New
York: Springer Pub. Co., 1994.
"Ethical, Legal, and Financial Issues in Family Caregiving." In Family
Caregiving: Agenda for the Future, edited by Marjorie H. Cantor, 137-44. San
Francisco: American Society on Aging, 1994.
"Nursing Home Restraints and Legal Liability: Myths and Reality." In Legal
Medicine 93, edited by Cyril H. Wecht, 299-336. Salem, N.H.: Butterworth
Legal Publishers, 1994.
"Legal Issues." In Practice of Geriatrics, edited by Evan Calkins, Amasa
B. Ford, and Paul R. Katz, 154-61. 2d ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company,
1992.
"Legal Issues in Critical Care." In Principles of Critical Care, edited
by Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt, and Lawrence D. Wood, 540-550. New York:
McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992.
"Rationing Health Care: Legal Issues and Alternatives to Age-Based Rationing."
In Set No Limits: A Rebuttal to Daniel Callahan’s Proposal to Limit Health
Care for the Elderly, edited by Robert L. Barry and Gerard V. Bradley,
71-91. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
"Risk Management/Liability Prevention." In The Long Term Care Handbook:
Legal, Operational, and Financial Guideposts, chap 15. Washington, D.C.:
National Health Lawyers Association, 1991.
"Informed Consent for Systemic Drugs Used in Dermatology." In Systemic Drugs
for Skin Diseases, edited by Stephen E. Wolverton and Jonathan K. Wilkin,
400-09. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1991 (co-author).
"Limiting Medical Interventions for Nursing Home Residents: The Role of
Administrative Law." In Advances in Long-Term Care, edited by Paul R.
Katz, Robert L. Kane, and Mathy D. Mezey, vol. 1, ch. 6. New York: Springer Pub.
Co., 1991.
"Legal Aspects of Geriatric Surgical Care." In Geriatric Surgery:
Comprehensive Care of the Elderly Patient, edited by Mark R. Katlic, 29-29.
Baltimore: Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1990.
"Home Care Service Deliverers: Options for Consumers." In Home Health Care
Options: A Guide for Older Persons and Concerned Families, edited by Connie
Zuckerman, Nancy N. Dubler, and Bart Collopy, ch. 6. New York: Plenum Press,
1990.
"Rationing Health Care: Legal Issues and Alternatives to Age-Based Schemes." In
A Good Old Age? The Paradox of Setting Limits, edited by Paul Homer and
Martha Holstein, 259-67. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
"Medical Treatment and the Physician’s Legal Duties." In Geriatric Medicine,
edited by Christine K. Cassel et al. 2d ed. Springer-Verlog: New York, 1990.
"Long Term Care Facilities: A Special Context." In Working With the Law,
Decisions Near the End of Life, vol. 2. Newton, Mass: Education Development
Center, Inc.; Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.: Hastings Center, 1989.
"Legal Issues." In Geriatric Medicine for the House Officer, edited by K.
Goldenberg and A. Farina. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1990.
"Legal Issues." In Principles and Practices of Nursing Home Care, edited
by P.R. Katz and E. Calkins. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 1989.
"Legal Issues." In High Tech Home Care: A Practical Guide, edited by A.M.
Haddad, 189-204. Rockville, Md.: Aspen Systems Publishers, 1987.
"Legal Issues in Adult Protective Services." In Gerontology Updates,
edited by Jerry Borup. Ogden, Utah: Weber State College, 1987.
"Regulations Implementing the Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments." In
Proceedings of the National Health Lawyers Association’s Fourth Annual Program
on Long Term Care and the Law, 149-66. Glenvale, N.Y.: Panel Publishers,
1979.
ARTICLES
"Regulating Payment for Home Care Companionship Services: Legal Authority and Public Policy." 9 Care Management Journals 122-127 (2008).
"Resistance to Nursing Home Restraints Reduction Revisited: Introduction to a Symposium." 20 Journal of Aging and Social Policy 279-285 (No. 3, 2008).
"Legal Issues in Dementia." 20 International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 91-103 (2008).
"Biobanking Human Biological Materials: Issues Surrounding the Collection of Samples for Use in Future Research." 22 Pharmaceutical Medicine 75-84 (2008).
"Ninny Clients of the Nanny State? Selective Paternalism in Public Benefit Programs for Older Americans." 6 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 191-218 (2008).
"Nursing Home Safety Matters, But It’s Not an Easy Matter." 8 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 417-418 (2007).
"Consumer-Driven Health Care." Pharos (Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society journal) 12-15 (Spring 2007).
"The Business Case for Medical Informed Consent." 19 International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 57-64 (2007).
"Consumer-Driven Long Term Care: Shaping the Government’s Role." 8 Marquette Elder’s Advisor 199-214 (2007).
"Drug Companies, Dollars, and the Shaping of American Medical Practice." 29 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 237-262 (2005).
"Decisional Capacity in Theory and Practice: Legal Process Versus 'Bumbling Through.'" 6 Aging & Mental Health 413-417 (2002), reprinted in 10 Ethics, Law, and Aging Review 83-90 (2004).
"Family Caregivers' Legal Concerns." 27 Generations 49-55 (Winter 2003-04).
"Legal Anxieties and End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes." 19 Issues in Law & Medicine 111-134 (Fall 2003).
"Should Home Screening Tests for Alzheimer's Disease Be Regulated?" 43 Gerontologist 292-294 (2003) (Guest Editorial).
"At Least Mom Will Be Safe There: The Role of Resident Safety in Nursing Home Quality." 12 Quality and Safety in Health Care 201-204 (2003).
"Resident Safety and Medical Errors in Nursing Homes: Reporting and Disclosure in a Culture of Mutual Distrust." 24 Journal of Legal Medicine 51-76 (Mar. 2003).
"Resources to Respond to Aging-Related Inquiries." 29 Florida Bar Newsletter 11 (August 15, 2002).
"Where Will I Live? How Do Housing Choices Get Made for Older Persons?" 15 NAELA Quarterly: Journal of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys 2-5 (Summer 2002).
"Regulating Hematology/Oncology Research Involving Human Participants." 16 Henatology/Oncology Clinics of North America 1449-1461 (2002).
"Evidence-Based Medicine and Informed Consent." 77 Academic Medicine 1199-1200 (2002).
"Health Care Rationing Affecting Older Persons: Rejected in Principle But Implemented in Fact." 14 Journal of Aging & Social Policy 27-42 (No. 2, 2002).
"Legal Standards for the Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia." 23 Journal of Legal Medicine 359-402 (2002).
"The Nursing Home Crisis: Views from a Trustee in the Nonprofit Sector." 4 Journal of Health Care Law & Policy 308-324 (2002).
"Reforming Guardianship Reform: Reflections on Disagreements, Deficits, and Responsibilities." 31 Stetson Law Review 1047-1055 (2002).
"Geriatric Depression: Do Older Persons Have a Right to be Unhappy?" 1 Elder Law Review 28-33 (2002).
"Legal Perspectives on Ethical Issues." 10 Clinical Geriatrics 52-62 (Apr. 2002).
"Regulating the Foregoing of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: First, Do Some Harm." 50 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 586-588 (2002).
"Choosing Research Topics That Matter." 25AGHE Exchange (Newsletter of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education 4-5 (Jan./Feb. 2002).
"Regulating Research for the Decisionally Impaired: Implications for Mental Health Professionals." 8 Journal of Clinical Geropsychology 35-51 (Jan. 2002), reprinted in Human Experimentation and Research, edited by George F. Tommossy and David N. Weisstub (Burlington, Vt: Ashgate Publishers, 2003).
"Ethics of the Attorney in Medical Malpractice Litigation." 3 Elder's Advisor: Journal of Elder Law and Post-retirement Planning 1-6 (Winter 2002).
"Legal Interventions for Persons With Dementia in the USA: Ethical, Policy and Practical Aspects." 5 Aging and Mental Health 312-315 (2001).
"Consumer Choice in Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care: Policy Implications for Decisionally Incapacitated Consumers." 19 Home Health Care Services Quarterly 17-50 (No. 4, 2001).
"Medical Mistakes and Older Patients: Admitting Errors and Improving Care." 49 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1361-1365 (2001).
"Searching for the Cure: A New Kind of P.I. Show." 27 Journal of Gerontological Nursing 57 (Sept. 2001).
"Medical Record Documentation in Long-Term Care: Legal Requirements and Uses." 1 Elder Care 7-9 (Aug. 2001).
"Criminal and Civil Liability of Physicians for Institutional Elder Abuse and Neglect." 2 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 155-159 (2001).
"Consumer Choice in HCBC." 22 Aging Today (American Society on Aging) 3-4 (July/Aug. 2001).
"Nonadherence in Dysphagia: Legal and Ethical Implications." 18 Federal Practitioner 32-36 (July 2001).
"Nursing Home Liability: From Apathy to Crisis." 14 Health Law News (University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute) 5, 12 (June 2001).
"Comment on Quality Improvement Case Study." 2 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 124 (2001).
"Consumer Choice in Health Care and Long Term Care: What the United States Can Teach and Learn from Others About Decisionally Incapacitated Consumers." 24 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 199-211 (2001).
"Planning Our Medical Futures." 6 Home Care Provider 10-11 (Feb. 2001).
"Can Patients Ever Be Consumers?" 6 Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 63-64 (2001).
"Physicians’ Legal Duties Regarding the Use of Genetic Tests to Predict and Diagnose Alzheimer Disease." 21 Journal of Legal Medicine 445-475 (Dec. 2000).
"Consumer Direction in Long-Term Care: A Taxonomy of Legal Issues." 24 Generations 16-21 (Fall 2000).
"Commentary on the Quality Improvement Case Study." 1 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 135-136 (2000).
"Gun Control: Two Amendments Need Changing." 20 GW Law School—A Magazine for Alumni and Friends 37 (Aug. 2000).
"Measuring Client Capacity: Not so Easy Not so Fast." 13 NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Quarterly 3-6 (Summer 2000).
"Advance Medical Directives for College Students: It’s Not Your Father's Living Will." 49 Journal of American College Health 44-45 (2000).
"Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Nursing Facilities: What's Regulation Got to Do With It?" 31 McGeorge Law Review 707-731 (2000).
"Professional Development in Law, Health Care, and Aging: A Model Fellowship Program." 40 Gerontologist 364-366 (2000).
"The Disturbingly Demanding Daughter: A Case Study in Ethics and Law." 8 Annals of Long-Term Care 72-74 (Mar. 2000).
"The Right to Die Mad." 63 Pharos 10-11 (Winter 2000), reprinted in Death & Dying: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by James Haley (San Diego: Thomson/Gale, 2003).
"Increasing Liability Risks Among Nursing Homes: Therapeutic Consequences, Costs, and Alternatives." 48 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 97-99 (Jan. 2000).
"Home Health Care Regulation: Is It Good for the Patient?" 1 Care Management Journals: The Journal of Long Term Home Health Care 251-257 (1999).
"The Law of Restraint Reduction: Rare Regulation that Works as Intended." 11 Untie the Elderly (Kendal Corporation) 6-7 (Dec. 1999).
"Writing Research Papers: 10 Top Tips." 7 Law Teacher 10-11 (Fall 1999).
"Health Care in the Marketplace: Implications for Decisionally Impaired Consumers and Their Surrogates and Advocates." 24 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 1-51 (1999), reprinted in 6 Ethics, Law, and Aging Review 3-52 (2000).
"Nursing Home Residents As Human Research Subjects: Role of the Elder Law Practitioner." 12 NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys) Quarterly 6-8 (Fall 1999).
"Consumer Choice in the New Millennium: Health Care Professionals as Purchasing Advisors." 22 Issues on Aging 15-17 (American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Geriatrics) (1999).
"From Medical Patients to Health Care Consumers: Decisional Capacity and Choices to Purchase Coverage and Services." 3 Aging and Mental Health 294-300 (1999).
"Whos the Client? Complex Conundrum in a Context of Conflicting Interests." 5 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 95-101 (Fall/Winter 1999).
"Tobacco Litigation, Round Three: It's the Money and the Principle." 24 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 811-814 (1999).
"Making the Quantum Leap From Patient to Consumer." Responses to an Aging Florida 14-15 (Summer 1999).
"Physicians and Attorneys: A Non-Meeting of the Minds." 74 Academic Medicine 624-625 (1999).
"Anxieties As a Legal Impediment to the Doctor-Proxy Relationship." 27 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 69-73 (Spring 1999), reprinted in Caring for the Dying, edited by Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2003).
"Withholding Pain Medication in the ED Because of Legal Fears—Bad Practice for a Bad Reason." 17 American Journal of Emergency Medicine 207 (1999) (editorial).
"Restraint Reduction and Legal Risk Management." 47 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 375-376 (1999).
"One Among Us: Individual Compassion Versus Jewish Community Welfare." 6 Park Ridge Center Bulletin 4-5 (Oct./Nov. 1998).
"Legal Influences at Life’s End: Enforcing Rights or Impeding Care?" 19 Aging Today 11-12 (Sept./Oct. 1998).
"Physical Restraint Use in Acute Care Hospitals: Legal Liability Issues." 1 Elder's Advisor: The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning 1-10 (Summer 1999), preprinted in Committee News, Tort and Insurance Practice Section of American Bar Association 8-12 (Fall 1998/Winter 1999).
"Editorial, Conflicts of Interest in Long-Term Care." 4 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 67-68 (Fall/Winter 1998).
"Developing and Implementing an Informed Consent Jurisprudence: Lessons from the United States." 11 International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 251-258(1998).
"'A Place Like That': Advance Directives and Nursing Home Admissions." 4 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 805-828 (1998).
"De Facto Health Care Rationing by Age: The Law Has No Remedy." 19 Journal of Legal Medicine 323-349 (1998), reprinted in Rights and Responsibilities, edited by Frances H. Miller (International Library of Medicine, Ethics, and Law, Ashgate Dartmouth, 2003).
"Decisional Capacity, Older Human Research Subjects, and IRBs: Beyond Forms and Guidelines." 9 Stanford Law and Policy Review 359-371 (1998).
"Can Managed Care Be Managed? Some Agnostic Reflections." 61 Pharos 15-17 (Spring 1998).
"Families Can Help Reduce the Use of Nursing Home Restraints." 13 American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 105-106 (Mar.-Apr. 1998) (editorial).
"Persons With Dementia as 'Liability Magnets': Ethical Implications." 9 Journal of Clinical Ethics 66-70 (Spring 1998).
"Evolving Clinical Practices and Legal Standards of Care: Softening the Shock." 16 American Journal of Emergency Medicine 325-326 (May 1998) (editorial).
"Courtroom Whores?—or Why Do Attorneys Call Us? Findings from a Survey on Attorneys Use of Mental Health Experts." 26 Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 27-36 (1998) (co-author).
"Integrating Ethical and Legal Content Into the Gerontology Curriculum." 20 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Exchange 3 (Jan./Feb. 1998).
"The Voluntary Status of Nursing Facility Admissions: Legal, Practical and Public Policy Implications." 24 New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 1-35 (Winter 1998), reprinted in Emerging Systems in Long-Term Care, 149-178, edited by Paul R. Katz, Robert L. Kane, and Mathy D. Mezey ( New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1999).
"Medical Error Versus Malpractice." 1 DePaul Journal of Health Care Law 751-772 (1997).
"Taking A Long Term View Of Long-Term Care: 'Right'Sizing Terms of the Discussion." 1 Quinnipiac Health Law Journal 123-137 (1997).
"Attorneys’ and Judges’ Needs for Continuing Legal Education on Mental Disability Law: Findings from a Survey." 25 Journal of Psychiatry and Law 327-345 (1997) (co-author).
"Treating Medical Charts Near the End of Life: How Legal Anxieties Inhibit Good Patient Deaths." 28 University of Toledo Law Review 521-546 (1997).
"Legal Anxieties and Medical Mistakes: Barriers and Pretexts." 12 Journal of General Internal Medicine 787-788 (1997).
"Errors in Health Care: Let's Not Forget About Long-Term-Care Settings." 3 Journal of Ethics, Law, & Aging 75-77 (Fall/Winter 1997) (editorial).
"Who Is Responsible for This? Assigning Rights and Consequences in Elder Care." 9 Journal of Aging and Social Policy 51-65 (1997).
"It’s Suicide Out There!" 44 Journal of Family Practice 586-87 (1997).
"The Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate: Which Side is 'Gerontologically Correct?'" 3 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 3-4 (Spring/Summer 1997) (editorial).
"Making Medical Decisions: Keeping Medical Decisions Near the End of Life in the Family." 15 Preventive Law Reporter 23-25 (Winter 1996-97).
"Malpractice and the Psychiatrist: A Primer for Residents." 21 Academic Psychiatry 11-25 (Spring 1997) (co-author).
"Therapeutic Jurisprudence and End-of-Life Medical Care: Physician Perceptions of a Statute's Impact." 15 Medicine and Law 201-217 (1996).
"Medicolegal, Employment, and Insurance Issues in APOE Genotyping and Alzheimer’s Disease." 802 Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 139-148 (Dec. 16, 1996).
"Control Versus Consent in Community-Based Long-Term Care Services: The Role of Economic Empowerment." 20 International Journal of Public Administration 295-307 (1997).
"Old Folks on the Slippery Slope: Elderly Patients and Physician-Assisted Suicide." 35 Duquesne Law Review 443-453 (1996).
"Lessons from the Case of Mrs. L." 20 Generations 84-86 (Winter 1996-97).
"Physical Restraint Use in Critical Care: Legal Issues." 7 American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Clinical Issues 579-584 (1996).
"Bad Law Makes Bad Practice: Baby K and Medical Futility." 8 Pediatric Forum (Children’s Medical Center of Dayton) 24-25 (Sept. 1996).
"Measuring Decisional Capacity: Cautions on the Construction of a Capacimeter." 2 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 73-95 (1996) (co-author).
"Managed Care and Mandatory Movies." 276 Journal of the American Medical Association 1023 (1996).
"Physical Restraint Use in the Hospital Setting: Unresolved Issues and Directions for Research." 74 Milbank Quarterly 411-433 (1996) (co-author).
"As Others See Us: Physicians’ Perceptions of Risk Managers." 16 Journal of Healthcare Risk Management 4-12 (Fall 1996).
"Clinical Practice Parameters and Nursing Home Medicine: Legal and Ethical Implications." 4 Nursing Home Medicine: The Annals of Long-term Care 187-192 (July 1996).
"Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Older Lives: Well-Intended Laws and Unexamined Results." 2 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 3-4 (Spring/Summer 1996) (editorial).
"Enhancing Autonomy and Choice in Selecting and Directing Long-Term Care Services." 4 Elder Law Journal 55-97 (1996).
"Surrogate Decision-Making for the Unbefriended: Social and Ethical Problem, Legal Solution?" 1 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 83-85 (Fall/Winter 1995).
"Legal and Ethical Issues in Home-Based Care." 24 Journal of Gerontological Social Work 31-45 (Nos. 3/4, 1995), co-published simultaneously in New Developments in Home Care Services for the Elderly: Innovations in Policy, Program, and Practice, 31-45, edited by Lenard W. Kaye (Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 1995).
"Assisted Living and Negotiated Risk: Reconciling Protection and Autonomy." 1 Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 5-13 (Spring/Summer 1995) (co-author).
"Aging and Public Policy: Does Spirituality Have a Role in Health and Human Service Programs?" 7 Aging and Spirituality: Newsletter of Forum on Religion, Spirituality and Aging of the American Society on Aging 1-2 (Fall 1995).
"Elder Mistreatment: Legal Interventions and Policy Uncertainties." 13 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 365-380 (1995).
"Privacy." 3 Professional Ethics 3-25 (Fall/Winter 1994) (co-author).
"Restraining Impaired Elders in the Home Environment: Legal, Practical, and Policy Implications." 4 Journal of Case Management 54-59 (Summer 1995).
"Medical Decisionmaking for Older Adults in Institutional Settings: Is Beneficence Dead in an Age of Risk Management?" 11 Issues in Law and Medicine 29-47 (Summer 1995).
"Beyond Belmont: Critically Assessing the Adequacy of Informed Consent." 7 International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine (Apr. 1995).
"The Legal Status of Clinical Practice Parameters: An Updated Annotated Bibliography." 10 American Journal of Medical Quality 107-111 (Summer 1995).
"Family Caregiving for Older Persons in the Home: Medical-Legal Implications." 16 Journal of Legal Medicine 1-31 (1995).
"Family Values: Who Will Take Care of Murphy Brown When She's 90?" 14 Journal of Long Term Home Health Care 28-34 (Winter 1995).
"Ethical Challenges for Jewish Long Term Care Providers." 9 Journal of Religious Gerontology 21-39 (1994).
"Proxy Decision Making in Alzheimer Disease Research: Durable Powers of Attorney, Guardianship, and Other Alternatives." 8 Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 28-37 (Suppl. 4, 1994).
"Physical Restraints: Good Practice Equals Good Risk Management Equals Good Sense." Nursing Home Economics and Business Issues in Long-term Care 23-28 (June/July 1994).
"Ethical Aspects of Guardianship." 10 Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 501-512 (1994).
"Medical Malpractice Reform as Part of Health Care Reform: 1994 Version." 68 Florida Bar Journal 28-34 (May 1994).
"Treatment and Refusal Rights in Mental Health: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Clinical Accommodation." 64 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 223-234 (1994).
"Acts Protect Patients from Restraint." 3 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation 35-36 (Feb. 1994).
"Physical Restraints in Hospitals: Risk Management's Reduction Role." 14 Journal of Healthcare Risk Management 3-8 (Winter 1994).
"Futile Medical Treatment: A Review of the Ethical Arguments and Legal Holdings." 9 Journal of General Internal Medicine 170-177 (Mar. 1994).
"Implications of the Patient Self-Determination Act for Psychiatric Practice." 45 Hospital and Community Psychiatry 355-358 (1994).
"The Clinical Practice Parameters Movement: The Risk Manager’s Role." 14 Journal of Healthcare Risk Management 33-38 (Spring 1994).
"‘Ageism’ and Right to Die Litigation." 13 Medicine and Law 69-77 (1994).
"A Decade of Progress in Continuity of Care." 12 Pride Institute Journal of Long Term Home Health Care 18-26 (Fall 1993).
"Nursing Home Compliance With the Patient Self-Determination Act: Does Jewish Affiliation Make a Difference?" 5 Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum 223-236 (July 1993).
"Life-Sustaining Technologies: Value Issues." 49 Journal of Social Issues 151-167 (Summer 1993).
"Of Course, Health Care Should Be Regulated." 49 Dayton Medicine 70-71 (May-June 1993).
"Living and Dying in the Jewish Way: Secular Rights and Religious Duties." 17 Death Studies 267-276 (1993).
"Informed Consent to Defensive Medicine: Letting the Patient Decide." 56 Pharos 12-14 (Spring 1993).
"Informed Consent and Abortion." 1993 Wisconsin Law Review 619-623.
"The Legal Status of Clinical Practice Parameters: An Annotated Bibliography." 8 American Journal of Medical Quality 24-27 (Spring 1993).
"Commentary on Case Presentation." 2 Bioethics Network of Ohio Newsletter 9-11 (Winter 1993).
"Restrictive State Advance Directive Statutes: Risk Management Implications." 13 Journal of Healthcare Risk Management 14-18 (Winter 1993).
"Case Study: The Voluble Brother-In-Law." 23 Hastings Center Report 30-31 (Jan.-Feb. 1993).
"Patient Self-Determination Act and Children." 4 Pediatric Forum 8-9 (Fall/Winter 1992-93).
"Alternatives to Guardianship for the Elderly: Legal Liability Disincentives and Impediments." 13 BIFOCAL (Bar Associations in Focus on Aging and the Law, published by American Bar Association Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly) 3-4 (Fall 1992).
"Who's the Parent Here? The Family's Impact on the Autonomy of Older Persons." 41 Emory Law Journal 773-803 (1992).
"State Statutes Limiting Advance Directives: Death Warrants or Life Sentences?" 40 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 722-726 (1992).
"Ethical Issues: Politics, Policies and People." 20 Journal of Long-term Care Administration 20 (Summer 1992).
"Health Policy Advocacy and Political Correctness: Institutional Constraints and Ethical Obligations." Ohio Scholar 5-7 (Summer 1992).
"Ethical Issues in the Relationship Between American Physicians and Drug Companies." 3 International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 73-80 (1992).
"Health Care Rationing in the United States: A Contemporary Jewish Perspective." 15 Journal of Psychology and Judaism 149-157 (Fall 1991).
"Legal Implications of Supervising Residents." 49 Current Surgery 249-254 (1992).
"Nursing Home Restraints and Legal Liability: Merging the Standard of Care and Industry Practice." 13 Journal of Legal Medicine 1-32 (1992).
"Legal and Ethical Issues in Family Caregiving and the Role of Public Policy." 12 Home Health Care Services Quarterly 5-28 (1991).
"Improving Choices Regarding Home Care Services: Legal Impediments and Empowerments." 10 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 441-484 (1991).
"Ohio’s New 'Right to Die' Statute: Practical Guidelines for Physicians." 47 Dayton Medicine 183-84 (Nov. 1991).
"Health Care Decision Making by the Elderly: I Get by with a Little Help from My Family." 31 Gerontologist 619-23 (1991).
"Legal Implications of Withholding and Withdrawing Medical Treatment." 10 Caring Magazine 14-19 (Sept. 1991) (co-author).
"How Competency, Decision-Making Capacity Differ." 3 Brown University Long-Term Care Letter 7-8 (Aug. 27, 1991).
"Malpractice Liability in Long-Term Care: A Changing Environment." 24 Creighton Law Review 1235-60 (1991).
"Reduce Legal Risks Through Restraint Reduction Plan." 17 Provider 48-49 (Aug. 1991).
"Informed Consent: An Ongoing Process of Communication." 3 Brown University Long-Term Care Letter 8-10 (July 11, 1991).
"Legal Issues in the Use of Restraints in Nursing Homes." 2 Florida Bar Health Law Section Newsletter 4-9 (May 1991).
"Our Hands Are Tied: Legally Induced Moral Tensions In Health Care Delivery." 6 Journal of General Internal Medicine 345-348 (1991).
"Options for Long-Term Care Financing: A Look to the Future." 42 Hastings Law Journal 719-754 (1991).
"Reducing Restraint Use in Nursing Homes: The Governing Board's Role." 17 Quality Review Bulletin 22-25 (Jan. 1991).
"Are Risk Management and Health Care Ethics Compatible?" 11 Perspectives in Healthcare Risk Management 2-7 (Winter 1991).
"Home Care Client-Centered Systems: Consumer Choice vs. Protection." 14 Generations 33-35 (Supplement 1990).
"The American Medical Malpractice System: Impediments to Effective Change." 1 International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 239-253 (1990).
"Evaluating Decisionmaking Capacity in the Elderly: A Review of Recent Literature." 2 Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect 15-29 (Fall/Winter 1990), reprinted in Protecting Judgment-impaired Adults, edited by E.F. Dejorwski (New York: Haworth Press, 1990).
"Liability Issues and Assessment of Decision-Making Capability in Nursing Home Patients." 89 American Journal of Medicine 639-642 (1990).
"Legal Risk Management Programs in Nursing Homes: Who Has Them and Do They Work?" 35 Hospital and Health Services Administration 603-610 (1990) (co-author).
"State of the Law: Nursing Homes" 18 Law, Medicine and Health Care 282-289 (1990).
"Informed, Assisted, Delegated Consent for Elderly Patients." 52 Association of Operating Room Nurses Journal 857-862 (Oct. 1990).
"Study: Reimbursement for Risk Management Yields Benefits." 16 Provider 20-23 (Sept. 1990).
"Commentary: Health Care Risk Management: The Challenge of Measuring Costs and Benefits." 16 Quality Review Bulletin 166-169 (May 1990).
"‘Cookbook’ Medicine: A Legal Perspective." 150 Archives of Internal Medicine 496-500 (1990).
"Survey of Continuing Medical Education Programs in Legal Liability and Risk Management." 83 Southern Medical Journal 37-38 (Jan. 1990).
"A Survey of State Medicaid Policies on Nursing Home Legal Risk Management Programs." 10 Perspectives in Healthcare Risk Management 8-9 (Winter 1990).
"Ohio’s New Durable Power of Attorney." 14 University of Dayton Law Review 541-561 (1989).
"Responsible Parties, Powers of Attorney Relationships." 15 Provider 25-26 (Nov. 1989).
"Aggressive Residents and Families: Rights and Responsibilities." 17 Journal of Long-term Care Administration 12-17 (Fall 1989).
"Rationing Health Care: Will It Be Necessary? Can It Be Done Without Age or Disability Discrimination?" 5 Issues in Law and Medicine 337-351 (1989).
"Making Medical Decisions: Ohio's New Durable Power of Attorney Statute." 45 Dayton Medicine 213-214 (Sept. 1989).
"Law, Medicine and Money: A Proposed Research Agenda on the Unholy Trinity." 12 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration 112-126 (Summer 1989).
"Health Care Tradeoffs Based on Age: Ethically Confronting the 'R' Word." 52 Pharos 2-7 (Summer 1989).
"Medical Empowerment of the Elderly." 19 Hastings Center Report 5-7 (July/August 1989), reprinted in Biomedical Ethics, edited by T. Mappes & J. Zembaty, 3rd ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1991).
"Long-Term Care: The Impact of Recent Federal Laws." 9 Perspectives in Healthcare Risk Management 23-26 (Summer 1989).
"Representing Older Persons: Ethical Challenges." 63 Florida Bar Journal 25-30 (June 1989).
"Advocacy for the Mentally Impaired Elderly: A Case Study Analysis." 14 American Journal of Law and Medicine 353-376 (1989) (co-author).
"Solving the Medical Malpractice Problem: Difficulties in Defining What Works." 17 Law, Medicine & Health Care 156-165 (1989).
"Informed Consent for Federal Clinicians." 154 Military Medicine 238-242 (1989).
"Enforcing Patient Preferences: Linking Payment for Medical Care to Informed Consent." 261 Journal of the American Medical Association 1935-1938 (1989).
"Legal Concerns Affecting Nonprofit Community Agencies that Serve the Elderly." 15 Quality Review Bulletin 86-91 (Mar. 1989).
"The Malpractice Crisis: Relevance for Geriatrics." 37 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 364-368 (1989).
"Health Care Professionals and Legal Guardianship: A Role in Reform" (Editorial Comment). 6 Access: Newsletter of the American Association for Continuity of Care 4 (Summer 1988).
"Forcing Services on At-Risk Older Adults: When Doing Good Is Not So Good." 13 Social Work in Health Care 1-13 (Summer 1988).
"Legal Discussions in the Medical Literature: Is There Adequate Peer Review?" 7 Medicine & Law 317-321 (1988).
"Decision Making by and for Nursing Home Residents: A Legal View." 4 Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 667-679 (1988).
"The Federal Government's Role in Medical Malpractice: Implications for Practitioners." 2 Older Patient 10-14 (Fall 1988).
"Advance Health Care Planning: Taking A 'Medical Future.'" 81 Southern Medical Journal 221-224 (1988).
"Termination of Treatment: A Legal Update." 25 Alabama Journal of Medical Sciences 91-95 (Jan. 1988).
"Family Decision-Making for Nursing Home Residents: Legal Mechanisms and Ethical Underpinnings." 8 Theoretical Medicine 259-273 (1987).
"Legal Perceptions and Medical Decision Making." 64 Milbank Quarterly 163-202 (Supp'l. 2, 1986) (co-author).
"Health Care Delivery and the Elderly: Teaching Old Patients New Tricks." 17 Cumberland Law Review 437-467 (1986-87), reprinted in 9 Specialty Law Digest (July 1988).
"Interprofessional Relationships in Geriatrics: Ethical and Legal Considerations." 27 Gerontologist 547-552 (1987).
"Aspects of the Psychiatric Record: A Training Workshop for Residents." 11 Journal of Psychiatric Education 31-41 (1987) (co-author).
"The Attorney’s Role as Institutional Ethics Committee Member." 61 Florida Bar Journal 19-22 (July/August 1987).
"Law, Medicine, and the Terminally Ill: Humanizing the Approach to Risk Management." 12 Health Care Management Review 37-42 (Spring 1987).
"When Is Doing Good Not So Good?" 8 Aging Connection (American Society on Aging) 6 (Apr./May 1987).
"Teaching Legal Medicine in Medical Schools." 8 Journal of Legal Medicine 94-103 (Mar. 1987).
"When Your Loved One Dies: Legal Questions." 2 Advice for Adults with Aging Parents or a Dependent Spouse 1-4 (Apr./May 1987).
"Risk Management is a Total System." 13 Provider (American Health Care Association) 4-5 (Mar. 1987).
"Screening for AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues." 6 New England Journal of Human Services 19-23 (1986) (co-author).
"Teaching Cost Control Regulations to Medical Students." 43 Dayton Medicine 33-35 (Jan. 1987).
"Public Health Professionals and Legal Liability: From Police Officer to Policed." 5 Medicine and Law 379-385 (1986).
"Hospital Reimbursement by Diagnosis-Related Groups: Legal and Ethical Implications for Nursing Homes." 14 Journal of Long-Term Care Administration 20-26 (Fall 1986).
"Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly." 114 Medical Times 45-51 (Oct. 1986).
"Ethics vs. Fear of Malpractice." 10 Generations 18-20 (Winter 1985).
"Financing Long Term Care for the Elderly: Am I Your Parents' Keeper?" 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care 188-189 (1985).
"Risk Management: Preventing Malpractice Suits in Long Term Care Facilities." 12 Quality Review Bulletin 109-113 (Mar. 1986); reprinted in Risk Management and Quality Assurance: Issues and Interactions (Special publication of Quality Review Bulletin, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, 1986).
"Decision Making In Critical Care: Is the Law an Impediment or a Scapegoat?" 14 Critical Care Medicine 247-250 (1986).
"Decision-Making: When Should the Law Get Involved?" 1 Advice for Adults with Aging Parents or a Dependent Spouse 1-4 (June/July 1986).
"Geriatric Medical Education: Integrating Legal and Ethical Issues." 4 Medicine and Law 401-408 (1985).
"Medical Uncertainty, Diagnostic Testing, and Legal Liability." 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care 213-218 (1985) (co-author).
"Adult Protective Services: The Attorney's Role." 59 Florida Bar Journal 23-28 (Nov. 1985).
"Malpractice Is Not the Main Cause of Malpractice Suits: Commentary." 4 Physician and Patient 35-36 (July/August 1985).
"If You Question Your Patient's Competence." RN Magazine 59-60 (Oct. 1985).
"Medical Discourse: Recent Contributions on the Patient's Role." 6 Journal of Legal Medicine 283-292 (June 1985).
"The Bioethically Informed Attorney and the Humanization of Medicine." 13 Law, Medicine and Health Care 82-85 (Apr. 1985).
"Medicine and Law: A Symbiotic Relationship?" 78 American Journal of Medicine 903-907 (1985).
"Legal and Ethical Standards in Geriatric Medicine." 33 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 179-183 (Mar. 1985).
"Ennobling Our Profession: Public Relations Through Problem-Solving." 59 Florida Bar Journal 26-29 (Mar. 1985).
"Legal and Ethical Implications of Health Care Reimbursement by Diagnosis Related Groups." 12 Law, Medicine and Health Care 245-53, 278 (1984), reprinted as "DRG Reimbursement and Medical Malpractice Liability," Defense Law Journal (Apr. 1985).
"Remedying Treatment Errors." 3 Physician and Patient 33-34 (Sept. 1984).
"Practice Aids for Health Lawyers: A Look At Some Recent Contributions." 12 Law, Medicine and Health Care 122-125 (June 1984).
"Nursing Home Patients’ Rights to Physician Care." 8 Generations (Western Gerontological Society) 30-33 (Spring 1984).
"Refusal of Other Than Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment: Legal Options." 58 Florida Bar Journal 153-154 (1984).
"Patients' Rights and Consumer Education: A Review of Some Recent Contributions." 5 Journal of Legal Medicine 147-152 (1984).
"Supervising Professional Trainees: Legal Implications for Mental Health Institutions and Practitioners." 22 Hospital and Community Psychiatry 143-147 (Feb. 1984).
"Nursing Homes as Teaching Institutions: Legal Issues." 24 Gerontologist 55-60 (Feb. 1984).
"Urban Health Infrastructures: The Montgomery County, Ohio Response." 1 Urban Resources 56-57 (Fall 1983).
"Adult Protective Services: Convincing the Patient to Consent." 11 Law, Medicine and Health Care 163-167, 188 (Sept. 1983).
"Patient's Wishes Must Prevail." 2 Physician and Patient 28-31 (June 1983).
"Legal and Ethical Issues in Resident Independence." 9 American Health Care Association Journal 22-25 (Mar. 1983).
"Placebo Therapy and the Law: Prescribe With Care." 8 American Journal of Law and Medicine 371-405 (1983).
"Legal Implications of Clinical Supervision of Medical Students." 58 Journal of Medical Education 293-299 (1983).
"Children and Assent for Research Participation: Assessing National Practice." 22 Clinical Pediatrics 275-278 (1983).
"A Shortage of Psychiatrists: Are Lawyers Scaring Them Away?" 10 Journal of Psychiatry and Law 131-133 (Summer 1982) (guest editorial).
"Rights Training for Providers: Education as Advocacy." 10 Law, Medicine and Health Care 270-272 (1982).
"A New Way of Teaching Medical Students About the Law." 2 American College of Physicians Observer 11, 25 (May 1982).
"Should This Baby Be Allowed to Die? The Legal Issues" (pts. 1–2). 1 Partisan News Journal 33 (Mar. 1982–May 1982).
"Promoting the Legal Rights of Older Adults: Role of the Primary Care Physician." 3 Journal of Legal Medicine 367-412 (1982).
"Governmental Regulation of Patients’ Rights." 15 Journal of Family Practice 1009-1010 (1982).
"Abortion and Informed Consent Requirements." 144 American Journal of Obstetrics 1-4 (Sept. 1, 1982).
"Response to the ‘Living Will’ Furor: Directives for Maximum Care." 72 American Journal of Medicine 855-859 (1982).
"Non-Treatment of the Terminally Ill Incompetent Patient: Ohio Adds Its Blessing." 38 Dayton Medicine 35-38 (Mar. 1982).
"The Father’s (Lack of) Rights and Responsibilities in the Abortion Decision: An Examination of Legal-Ethical Implications." 9 Ohio Northern University Law Review 369-383 (1982).
"Prescribing Drugs for Nonapproved Uses: Physicians' Disclosure Obligations to Their Patients." 9 Law, Medicine and Health Care 20-23 (Oct. 1981).
"Medical Books as Evidence: An Attorney's Introduction to the Literature." 55 Florida Bar Journal 795-798 (1981).
"Patients’ Rights and Mental Health: Implications for the Urban Physician." 10 Urban Health 41-44 (Nov. 1981).
"Guardianship of the Elderly: An Introduction." 2 Geriatric Nursing 366-69 (1981).
"Protecting the Personal Funds of Nursing Home Patients: Introduction to the New Federal Regulations." 4 Contemporary Administrator 9-13 (May 198l).
"Health Law and the New Beginning in Washington." Federal Bar News 61-62 (Apr. 198l).
"The Rights of Nursing Home Patients: Possibilities and Limitations of Federal Regulations." 6 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 40-48 (Spring 198l) (co-author).
"Legal Issues Arising in Faculty Evaluation of Student Clinical Performance." 56 Journal of Medical Education 559-564 (198l).
"Protecting the Personal Funds of the Mentally Retarded: Introduction to the New Federal Regulations." 32 Hospital and Community Psychiatry 567-57l (198l).
"Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Patients: Using the Federal Law." 15 Florida Bar Journal 212-215(1981).
"Resident Labor in Private Psychiatric Institutions: A Disparity in the Law." 30 Hospital and Community Psychiatry 414-415 (1979).
"Residents of State Mental Institutions and Their Money (Or, the State Giveth and the State Taketh Away)." 6 Journal of Psychiatry and Law 287-356 (1978).
"Raising the Issue of Competency to Stand Trial: Procedures and Consequences." 52 Florida Bar Journal 49-53 (1978).
"The Florida Evidence Code: A Brief Preview." 12 The Briefs: Newsletter of the Orange County (Fla.) Bar Association 2, 7-8 (Jan./Feb. 1977).
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