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VOLUME 58
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I. Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients’ Rights in a Shifting Legal and Political Landscape
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter J. Strauss 233
Right-to-Die Cases: A New York
Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sol Wachtler 245
Give Me Liberty at My Death: Expanding
End-of-Life Choice in Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn L. Tucker 259
A New Life for Wrongful Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nadia N. Sawicki 279
The Limits of Autonomy: Force-Feedings
in Catholic Hospitals and in Prisons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Neumann 305
Advance Directives, Dementia, and
Eligibility for Physician-Assisted Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul T. Menzel 321
Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for
Intractable Medical Futility Disputes . . . . . . . . . . .Thaddeus Mason Pope 347
Context Matters: Disability,
the End of Life, and Why the
Conversation Is Still So Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicia Ouellette 371
From Schiavo to Death Panels:
How Media Coverage of End-of-Life
Issues Affects Public Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherrie Dulworth 391
Health Justice Denied or Delayed
at the End of Life: A Crisis Needing
Remedial Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David C. Leven 403
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II. Note
Avoiding the Technical Knockout:
Tackling the Inadequacies of Youth
Concussion Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin P. Andrews 417
III. Comments
Biediger v. Quinnipiac University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiersten McKoy 457
In re Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC
Patent Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander M. Noble 473