of pain-killing drugs. In the 1870s, the debate was primarily philosophical rather than medical. Nevertheless, the discussion drew on technological advances such as chloroform; ideas about a person's comparative worth; the fashion for social Darwinism; and palliative care. Similarly in the early 1900s, Kemp links proposals for euthanasia to the contemporary vogue for eugenics-though he is alway...

OBJECTIVE Practical quality-of-life (QOL) screening methods are needed to help focus clinical decision-making on what matters to individuals with disabilities. DESIGN A secondary analysis of a database from a large study of adults aging with impairments focused on four diagnostic groups: cerebral palsy (n = 134), polio (n = 321), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 99), and stroke (n = 82). Approximate...

Ever since Gudernatsch (191. 3, 1914) proved that the mammalian thyroid gland contains an “ugerz~” which nil1 hasten metamorphosis when fed to amphibian larvae, biologists have been invtrstigating thcl mechanisms whereby the thyroid participates in controlling vertebrate development. Reviews by Allen ( 1938), Lynn and \I’achowski ( 1951 ), Etkin (1955), and Kollros (1959) should 1~ consulted fo...

This module discusses the two major topics of Simpson’s paradox and the Supreme Court decision in McCleskey v. Kemp (1987). Simpson’s paradox is ubiquitous in the misinterpretation of data; it is said to be present whenever a relationship that appears to exist at an aggregated level disappears or reverses when disaggregated and viewed within levels. A common mechanism for displaying data that m...

A Review of McCleskey v. Kemp. By Mario Barnes, in Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on and the Law 557, 581. Edited by Bennett Capers, Devon W. Carbado, R.A. Lenhardt Angela Onwuachi-Willig.