Jan

12

Amid Differences, a Call to Work Together to Improve Mental Health Treatment

Posted by: | January 12, 2012 | 1 Comment

It wasn’t part of her prepared remarks, but Prof. Lucinda Roy of Virginia Tech University may have offered an especially important point as she began her keynote address at a conference Wednesday at Eckstein Hall on mental illness commitment laws and other issues related to mental illness. It had been an intense, and at times [...]

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Oct

15

A Non-terminal Man

Posted by: | October 15, 2011 | 1 Comment

I was asked to talk about the law’s view of the case of Dan Crews, age 27, who wants to die as soon as possible. You may have read about him last fall in the Journal-Sentinel, and in spring in the Chicago Tribune as the story unfolded. You might hear about him on the WISN [...]

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Apr

28

Ethics and Quality and Potential

Posted by: | April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

One thing I am watching in my field is the tie-in to Quality (with a capital Q). Several years ago, a mentor of mine made this connection evident for me. There is a clear link between a mindful environment, with ethical and moral space, and Quality Improvement (yes, that sentence was 90% buzz-word). This is [...]

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Apr

20

Drugs and Long-Term Care

Posted by: | April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Video is now available here from the Elder’s Advisor‘s fine conference last month on drugs and long-term care.  Here is the description of the conference: For this symposium, we bring together a variety of practitioners and academics to speak on current topics about the use of pharmaceuticals for residents of long-term care facilities. Our speakers [...]

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Apr

14

National Health Care Decisions Day, Jehovah’s Witnesses & Mature Minors

Posted by: | April 14, 2011 | 8 Comments

April 16th is the 4th Annual National Health Care Decisions Day, a day when health-care practitioners reach out and express the importance of having discussions about personal values and treatment preferences, especially in the event of loss of function and end-of-life circumstances. I encourage every adult to complete an advance directive because any adult can [...]

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Apr

11

Hospital as a Melting Pot

Posted by: | April 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

One of the things I love about working in a hospital is the unavoidability of cultural mingling. Watching the news, feeling that there is a “culture war” just simmering and waiting to boil over is something I frequently experience. Looking at bumper stickers sometimes makes me feel that way too. I find solace in the [...]

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Apr

1

Greetings from the April Alumni Blogger

Posted by: | April 1, 2011 | 7 Comments

Good afternoon and welcome to April! I’m Mathew and I will be your humble Alumni Guest Blogger for this fine, fine month. I suppose I should start off by noting that I don’t practice law. Never have, never intended to. I’m starting with that note because I plan on bloggin’ about alternative uses for the [...]

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Mar

28

If the Law Says That . . .

Posted by: | March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

This is the second post in an occasional series entitled “Law Gone Wrong.”  The editors of the Faculty Blog invited Law School faculty to share their thoughts on misguided statutes, disastrous judicial decisions, and other examples where the law has gone wrong (and needs to be nudged back on course).  Today’s contribution is from Professor Jack [...]

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Dec

1

Doyle Puts Health Care and Education at the Top of His Accomplishments

Posted by: | December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Appearing relaxed and comfortable as the end of his eight years in office approaches, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday  that he put his work on health care in Wisconsin at the top of his list of accomplishments. “We have made Wisconsin really the health care leader in the United States,” Doyle said during an [...]

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Nov

15

Reform?

Posted by: | November 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

On November 7, 2010, Senator-elect Ron Johnson was a guest on “Up Front with Mike Gousha.” He made a comment that hit the heart of an issue I have often pondered. This past summer, I had the opportunity to clerk for a law firm that handles primarily medical malpractice actions. So, this conversation sparked my [...]

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Oct

25

Best of the Blogs: One Lump or Two?

Posted by: | October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment

November 2 is fast approaching, and the nation is awaiting the election results to see whether the Tea Party Movement will be revealed to be a force in American politics or an over-hyped media sensation.  This week’s “Best of the Blogs” feature provides everything a political junkie needs to learn more about the Tea Party Movement. The [...]

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Jun

1

Libertarians and Liberals

Posted by: | June 1, 2010 | 4 Comments

It is a peculiar characteristic unique to our country that Americans talk about political issues in constitutional terms, thereby turning every policy debate into an argument over basic principles.  That was my thought when I read about Senate candidate Rand Paul and his “Constitutionalist” view that the federal government has no right to dictate the [...]

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