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New York Law School Law Review

VOLUME 58

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New York Law School Law Review

I. Freedom of Choice at the End of Life: Patients’ Rights in a Shifting Legal and Political Landscape

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter J. Strauss 233

Right-to-Die Cases: A New York

Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sol Wachtler 245

Give Me Liberty at My Death: Expanding

End-of-Life Choice in Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn L. Tucker 259

A New Life for Wrongful Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nadia N. Sawicki 279

The Limits of Autonomy: Force-Feedings

in Catholic Hospitals and in Prisons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Neumann 305

Advance Directives, Dementia, and

Eligibility for Physician-Assisted Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul T. Menzel 321

Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for

Intractable Medical Futility Disputes . . . . . . . . . . .Thaddeus Mason Pope 347

Context Matters: Disability,

the End of Life, and Why the

Conversation Is Still So Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicia Ouellette 371

From Schiavo to Death Panels:

How Media Coverage of End-of-Life

Issues Affects Public Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherrie Dulworth 391

Health Justice Denied or Delayed

at the End of Life: A Crisis Needing

Remedial Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David C. Leven 403

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II. Note

Avoiding the Technical Knockout:

Tackling the Inadequacies of Youth

Concussion Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin P. Andrews 417

III. Comments

Biediger v. Quinnipiac University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiersten McKoy 457

In re Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC

Patent Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander M. Noble 473