患方拒绝鉴定可能承担败诉后果

在医疗纠纷民事诉讼中,医疗机构提出进行医疗事故技术鉴定或法医学鉴定的申请,是一种履行举证责任的行为。然而,举证责任是可以转换的,它既可能从原告方转换到被告方,也可能从被告方转换到原告方。如果患者一方不配合鉴定或者拒绝鉴定,导致医疗责任不能认定,举证责任就从医方转换到患方,可能带来对患方不利的诉讼后果。因此,在医疗纠纷诉讼中,双方当事人要善于利用举证责任转换的概念,在法律规定的范围内,更好地维护自己的合法权益。     

Lawyers and Localities: The Interaction of Community Context and Professionalism

Most studies of the legal profession, done in metropolitan settings, have indicated that the profession is characterized by deep divisions associated with varying practice patterns, professional status, and orientation. But the sources of division within the bar include more than the specialization and stratification that are typical of the bar in metropolitan settings. Community context also appears to be a source of division. It determines not only the character of a lawyer's cases and clients but also the manner in which practice is conducted. This comparison of practice patterns in Missouri of rural lawyers with those in a middle-sized city (Springfield) revealed that while the small town context protects the bar from the centrifugal forces of stratification found in larger settings, it also has elements that challenge the professional independence of the practitioner. The small town or rural practitioner is very much a part of the local life, and thus local opinion and values have a salience for practice patterns not typical of larger settings. In addition, these rural lawyers are less likely to be engaged exclusively in law practice.
Overall, the data suggest that the legal profession is divided not only by specialization and its attendant internal stratification but also by the size and character of the local context. In contrast to the view that the profession is a homogeneous professional subculture, we found that the bar may better be thought of as a rather loose-knit group with tenuous collegial ties whose professionalism is under constant challenge from the community in which law practice occurs.     

Liberty: human rights and mental health

In this paper, Lord Phillips reflects on the present state of the law relating to mental health; he considers the place of the common law doctrine of necessity as the basis for the detention of patients; he reviews a number of issues arising from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and a number of recent decisions of the Court of Appeal. Finally, he considers the prospects for change in the law foreshadowed in the Government's White Paper on the Reform of Mental Health Law (2000).     

'三个代表'理论是中国化马克思主义发展的新阶段

"三个代表"的理论是我们党顺应当前中国社会发展的新要求,在马克思主义中国化进程中实现的又一次理论创新,是中国化马克思主义的第三大理论形态.这个理论把我们党的过去、现在、将来贯通起来;把马列主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论贯通起来;把共产党员在新的历史时期必须具备的政治理论素养、科学文化水平和道德要求贯通起来,开辟了中国化马克思主义理论的新境界,对我们在新的历史时期如何坚持实事求是的思想路线,如何建设中国特色社会主义,如何把党建设好作出了符合时代要求的科学回答.     

评人体器官与组织捐赠无偿性原则——兼对器官与组织捐赠有偿化改革的设想

人体器官、组织捐赠无偿性原则是联合国反复重申并被各国立法严格贯彻的医疗及法律准则 ,但该原则亦有贯彻“过度”的问题。而这一问题的解决有赖于对器官、组织捐赠有偿化及其限度的探讨。     

加入WTO与上海公安人才战略

上海公安工作的发展战略要建立在“人才强警”战略的基础上。通过实施“人才强警”战略,为探索具有中国特色、时代特征、上海特点的公安工作发展新路,为实现“率先建设高素质的公安队伍、率先建立现代警务机制、率先走上科教强警之路”的战略目标提供保障,以适应加入WTO以后上海公安工作发展的需要。     

Performance of functions; claims for compensation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. Interim final rule; request for comments

This document contains the interim final regulations governing the administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act) by the Department of Labor (Department or DOL). Part B of the Act provides uniform lump-sum payments and medical benefits to covered employees and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees, of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies and certain of its vendors, contractors and subcontractors. Part B of the Act also provides smaller uniform lump-sum payments and medical benefits to individuals found eligible by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for benefits under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and, where applicable, to their survivors. Part E of the Act provides variable lump-sum payments (based on a worker's permanent impairment and/or years of established wage-loss) and medical benefits for covered DOE contractor employees and, where applicable, provides variable lump-sum payments to survivors of such employees (based on a worker's death due to a covered illness and any years of established wage-loss). Part E of the Act also provides these same payments and benefits to uranium miners, millers and ore transporters covered by section 5 of the RECA and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees. The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the adjudication of claims and the payment of benefits under EEOICPA, with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimating the amounts of radiation received by employees alleged to have sustained cancer as a result of such exposure and establishing guidelines to be followed by OWCP in determining whether such cancers are at least as likely as not related to employment. Both DOE and DOJ are responsible for notifying potential claimants and for submitting evidence necessary for OWCP's adjudication of claims under EEOICPA.     

HIPAA administrative simplification: standards for electronic health care claims attachments. Proposed rule

This rule proposes standards for electronically requesting and supplying particular types of additional health care information in the form of an electronic attachment to support submitted health care claims data. It would implement some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.