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5 Medicolegal News 2 (1977)

handle is hein.journals/medeth5 and id is 1 raw text is: From the President ASLM - 1976 HIGHLIGHTS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW & MEDICINE, INC. OFFICERS: Eliot . Segal, M.D. Preident Douglas Danner. JD Firs Vice President Richard F. Gibbs. M.A., M.D., J.D, Vice President MichaBt D. Jusell Secrelary Barry C. Reed. LLB, Trease., JR obertson Knowles, MD. Honor'ary Secreleay.Treasurer COUNCIL MEMBERS: MEDICINE Donald B. Barken, M.D., FA.C.P. Howard A Frank, M.D. Joseph Frankin. M.D., M.P.H. Rober R. Mee,. M.D. Hiram Vazqu MIae, M.D. Aubrey Mflunsky. MB.B.Ch., M..C.P. D.CH. er S. Ravin, M.D. Alain B Resole', M.D. Sidney Schers, MD Richard C. Webler MO LAW Thoma E. Cargill. Jr., I.e, NFii I. Chyet., J.D. Kathleen Ryan Decy. JD. Roy N. Feed, LL.B. Benlard D. HIrs. JD. John A. Nords, J.D., M.B.A. Le M. OConnor, L1B, Paul D. Rhei.go.d, LL.. Lawrence J Smi, BeA. J.D. Edward M. Swadz, LL.B., LL.M INSURANCE E9 P. Brneweig, J.D. Joseph D. Lonergan, B.S. George P. Sawyer John Larkin Thompson, J.D. David Z. Webster, LL.B.. M.B.A. JUDICIARY Hen. Allye F. Hassa Hen. Robd L, Hermann Hon. John V. Keeney Hend John J. McNoughl Hoe. Ma Rocec DENTISTRY Paul Goidhaber, D.D.S. John W. Stn, D.D.S.. JD, Robert a Shre, D.o. NURSING Catherne A. Welch. R N.. B.S., MA.. EdD. OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Jamse F. Holzel, J.D, bil Lucos, LL B Bealice Phillps Sachs, M.S.W., A.C.S W. EDUCATION George J. Ares, JO., M.P.H. Richard G. Habr. JO., LLM. Haold , Hash. M.D., JOe, Frances H. Miller. JD. RihardS. Milstein, J.D. AT-LARSE Harbot H. Bonnell, LL.B. Hen. Leonard S. Bedne, ono Harry W. Dahl LeeJ Dunn, J.,J.D., LL.M. Thomas 5 Dared, M.D. Irvn Kle, M.D. Kevin M. Mcntyra, M.D., J.D. Mitchell T. Rlbio. M.D. Gerald F Winkler. MD. James G. Zimmady. M.D.. JD, M.P H. Progress Report 1976 was a good year for the American Society of Law & Medicine. In furtherance of its goals of promoting interdisciplinary interest, cooperation, education and dialogue in areas where medicine, health- care delivery, law, judiciary and insurance interface, a number of giant steps forward were taken. Membership ASLM membership roles in 1976 ap- proached new highs with almost 1500 members representing every state in the Union, Canada, and internationally as far overseas as Israel. As would be expected, most members derived from the medical, legal and insurance professions. However, significant membership support was evi- denced from other health-care deliverers (e.g. dentists, pharmacists, social workers, nurses, and hospital and nursing home administrators), educators, students, legis- lators, and members of the judiciary- administrative system. Periodicals With the publication and distribution of Vol- ume 2, No. 2 (Winter issue), the American Journal of Law & Medicine completed its second successful year of publication. In this comparatively short period of time, our Journal has become nationally and interna- tionally recognized as a leading reference periodical in the medicolegal area, The Journal has been accepted for indexing by noted professional bibliographic indexing services such as Index Medicus, the Index to Legal Periodicals, Social Science Cita- tion Index, and Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Commencing with Volume 3 (1977), the Journal will be published for ASLM by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, and the frequency of publication will be increased from two to four issues annu- ally. John A. Norris, J.D., M.B.A., a noted Boston health-law consultant, will continue as Editor-in-Chief and Jim McMahon, J.D., a Harvard Law School graduate and writer in the health care field, will act as full-time Managing Editor. Each quarterly issue of the Journal will continue to present several scholarly dis- cussions by leading medicolegal academ- ics and practitioners on today's critical medicolegal issues plus the ongoing, prac- tical, unique bibliographic and other source material of the Medicolegal Reference Li- brary, essential for comprehensive cover- age of current medicolegal areas. With the Fall issue of 1976, our com- panion periodical, Medicolegal News, Page 2 completed its fourth successful year of pub- lication. Under the leadership of Editor-in- Chief, George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H., Di- rector of Boston University's Centerfor Law and Health Sciences and Managing Editor, James F. Holzer, J.D., Department Admin- istrator, Rehabilitation Institute, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Medicolegal News attained its present size and format and continues to be recognized nationally as a practical source of medicolegal educa- tional and reference material. Each issue of Medicolegal News now presents regular features highlighting current and forthcom- ing ASLM and related organizations pro- grams and activities, announcements and analyses of recent medicolegal develop- ments in Washington, selected articles from the periodicals of related professions, listings of recently published books of medicolegal interest, descriptions of newly established professional periodicals, perti- nent medicolegal case decisions plus origi- nal articles by leading authorities on current medicolegal topics. ASLM Programs In 1976, ASLM presented four major educa- tional programs which attracted wide na- tional attendance. In February and March, ASLM pioneered a unique series of six weekly lectures on The Rights of Hospital Patients and the Consumers' Role in Health Care Policy. Under the direction of George J. Annas, J.D., MP.H., Program Director and princi- pal lecturer, the lecture series covered such key topics as hospital and physician liabil- ity, malpractice, informed consent, human experimentation, patients' rights, the right to refuse treatment, the living will, unionization of hospital personnel, OSHA, certificate ot need, confidentiality and pri- vacy of medical records along with many other problem medicolegal issues. In March, ASLM and Boston University's Center for Law and Health Sciences pre- sented the third in an annual series of Medi- cal Malpractice Trial Demonstrations. The 1976's case was based upon an in- trauterine device (IUD) failure leading to perforation of the uterus and resulting hys- terectomy. The trial vignettes presented selected demonstrations of direct and cross-examination of key witnesses in the plaintiff's suitwhich alleged lack of informed consent against the prescribing physician and breach of warranty and failure to warn against the manufacturer. As with the pre- vious two tral demonstrations, the partici- Continued on page 14 MEDICOLEGAL NEWS VOL. 5, NO. 1

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