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* Professor ofLaw, Boston University School of Law; Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health; Professor of Health Care Management, Boston University School of Management. A.B., Mount Holyoke College, J.D., Boston University School of Law. Amy Schoeffel, Boston University School of Law Class of 1999, and Alissa Epstein, Boston University School ofLaw Class of 1998, provided valuable research support for this Article. Professor Miller was the second recipient of the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award. The McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Lecture and Award was initiated through ajoint bequest to the Indiana University Schools of Medicine and Law—Indianapolis by Dorothy M. Ketcham. The award is designed to bridge the gap between law and medicine through honoring an individual, distinguished in both fields, who will share their expertise with students, faculty, and leaders of the medical and