"You wouldn't expect a sane physician to sign a contract agreeing to provide plan members with the highest quality of medical care available," says James B. Wieland, a partner with the Health Care Group in the Palo Alto, Calif.-based law firm of Cooley, Godward. Lately, however, he has seen a number of these contracts. The provision may be located in the "whereas" clauses in the opening of a co...

Everyone who has reached the age of discretion is, unless the contrary is proved, presumed by law to be sane and to be accountable for his actions. This is the doctrine of mens rea. ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’  the deed does not make a man guilty unless his mind is guilty. This is the fundamental basis of English law. For to make a man liable to imprisonment for an offence that he...

The principle of rule law and separation power is very essential in any sane democratic society. Without law, life will be nasty there anarchy the maintains that three arms government Nigeria must separated from one another their functions performed differently independently, is, arm should not perform function other. This paper intended to state principles powers checks balances, its meaning s...

In my recent article, "an the Genetic Manipllation of Animals, "[1] I argued that although current genetic experiments on sen­ tient non-human anirrals (hereafter, simply "anirrals") tivated by a thorough­ going, responsible respect and concern for senti...

“I am concerned that you may not be in a healthy relationship. This can affect your health and the health of your children. Here are some resources. I strongly urge you to call the crisis hotline number (800-897-LINK) or speak to a DV advocate (801-799-3756). They can help you.” CONSIDER OTHER RESOURCES In ED and after hours call ED Social Worker: Smart Web Ambulatory/Inpatients call social w...

Numerous mechanisms are used to deal with failure of systems or processes, one of which is that of compensating actions. A compensation can be seen as a program which somehow cancels out the effects of another — and by organising code in such a way so as to associate each program with its compensation, enables implicit recovery to a sane state if part of a computation somehow fails. In this pap...

While cryotherapy has been shown to decrease postoperative pain after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, less is known of the effects of combined cryotherapy and compression. The goal of this study was to compare subjective and objective patient outcomes following ACL reconstruction with combined compression and cryotherapy compared with traditional ice therapy alone. Patients und...