The Law and Social Values: Prescription Pain Killers

Medicolegal sidebar: the law and social values: conformity to norms.

T he last two articles published in the Medicolegal Sidebar addressed the complex interplay between the law and social values [1, 2]. Sometimes, court decisions may appear to be arbitrary and unfair to the medical profession, but a deeper examination of judicial rulings can show the practical tensions that courts sometimes face in adjudicating medical malpractice claims. We previously addressed...

Pain Killers for the Fixed - Point Design Flow

Synopsys GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany Abstract “How can something so trivial cause such a delay in your project?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions from engineers and managers who never had to suffer from the pains of converting a floating-point algorithm or system to a fixed-point representation. The latter becomes the golden reference and basis for the implementation in hardwa...

Federal law and syringe prescription and dispensing.

Assessing the new medicare prescription drug law.

The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) is the product of a political compromise to attract moderate Republicans and enough Democrats without losing Republican conservatives. The compromise offered more private health plans to beneficiaries while maintaining and improving traditional Medicare's benefits. This compromise did not settle the debate over the legislation, which is a major issue in the ...

Prescription pain medications: frequently asked questions and answers for health care professionals, and law enforcement personnel.

A consensus document on frequently asked questions, answers and references relating to the use and abuse o f prescription analgesics was released to the public in August 2004 by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Last Acts Partnership, and the Pain & Policies Study Group of the University of Wisconsin. This document provides clear answers to common questions and is intended for primary care c...