End-of-life decision-making is a complex process that can be extremely challenging. We describe a 42-year-old woman in an irreversible coma without an advance directive. The case serves to illustrate the complications that can occur in end-of-life decision-making and challenges in resolving difficult futility disputes. We review the role of advance directives in planning end-of-life care, the r...

lndustrial disputes in general are settled through the mechanism of collective bargaining at the initial stage. The failure of collective bargaining leads the disputes to the system of conciliation under the statutory compulsion. The lndustrial Disputes Act 1947 under Section 2(K) defines the industrial dispute as "any dispute or difference between employers and employers or between employers a...

While much attention has been given to reputation mechanisms to deter fraudulent behaviour in online auctions, we know little about the nature of disputes or the types of problems that users face. This is an exploratory analysis of 129 disputes for five different types of products that were sold on eBay. In the analysis we find seven different types of disputes including poor quality, slow ship...

In Japan, disputes over highway projects from residents are now drawing more attention than ever. However, these disputes are rarely resolved through conventional processes using the decide-announce-defend approach. In many cases, dissatisfied opponents try to impede their implementation through litigation and physical obstruction. In the United States, oppositions against interstate highway pr...

OBJECTIVE To describe the judiciary's approach to parent-physician disputes over the care of sick children. DATA SOURCES Court publications. STUDY SELECTION Fifty parent-physician disagreements over the care of children led to physician requests for court intervention and resulted in judicial opinions published by the court. The opinions describe 66 children from 20 states. DATA SYNTHESIS...