Abstract: This article critically analyses the concept of suffering, with particular emphasis on responsibility for and representations of suffering. Suffering is seen as a social relationship, with objective characteristics, classified by Renault as domination, deprivation and the weakening of intersubjective supports (désaffiliation). Veitch and Wolcher have inquired into legal responsibility...

During a trial involving an offender with a mental disorder, jurors are often required to evaluate information on the disorder and its characteristics. This evaluation relies on how jurors understand and synthesize psychiatric and other evidence on the disorder and this information's impact on the case, an offender's culpability, and the rendered verdict. The importance of this evaluation is fu...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted global attention in an increasingly integrated world economy. Proponents of CSR believe that the corporation is obligated to promote social progress due to its dependence on society. CSR opponents argue that these demands are unwarranted and that the corporation’s sole obligation is to maximize shareholder wealth within legal and social norms....

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The practice of pharmacy has changed over recent years with a greater emphasis on the patient and the provision of patient care services. This expanded role of pharmacists as medication managers has resulted in changes to their professional responsibility and potential legal liability. Recent international case law demonstrates an increased legal liability of pharmacists in certain instances. H...

This article addresses several ethical, regulatory, and legal issues in managed care with attention to recent court cases that focus on physicians' responsibility, fiduciary duty, and the impact that these legal decisions have on physicians practicing in a managed care environment. Discussion of the impact of changes in the control of decision-making processes for physicians, the use of managed...

I WILL, without any prefatory remarks, and with great submission to those whom I have the honour to address, endeavour to> direct the attention of the Society to the following salient and relevant questions connected with the important subject selected for discussion. I will consider seriatim:? 1st. The nature of insanity in its medico-legal relations. 2nd. The legal doctrine of responsibility ...

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