Gavels in the nursery: an Appellate Court shuts out parents and physicians from care decisions

This article explores a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in a medical malpractice case and its ramifications regarding Wisconsin's informed consent statute. The authors compare and contrast this decision with previous Wisconsin Supreme Court cases and consider the relevance of applicable federal law. The article presents a thoughtful analysis of how the Wisconsin Court of Appeals should have approached the issue, as well as how it created potential conflicts regarding the ethical duties of healthcare providers treating children.     

The Effect of Education on Voter Turnout

e-mail: stenn{at}ftc.gov Numerous studies demonstrate that the highly educated are morelikely to vote. The literature has not determined, however,why this is the case. The panel structure of the Current PopulationSurvey allows us to exploit exogenous life cycle differencesacross otherwise similar cohorts, so that the marginal effectof education can be isolated from unobserved correlated factors.We find that an additional year of schooling has very littleimpact on voter turnout. Author's note: Helpful comments from two anonymous referees,Sharmi Dasgupta, George Deltas, Steve Levitt, Rob McMillan,Casey Mulligan, Norman Nie, Sam Peltzman, Shawn Ulrick, BrettWendling, John Whitley, and John Yun are greatly appreciated.Data were provided by the Inter-University Consortium for Politicaland Social Research. The views expressed in this paper are thoseof the author and do not necessarily represent the views ofthe Federal Trade Commission or any individual Commissioner.