LESSENING THE STING OF ASFA: THE REHABILITATION‐RELAPSE DILEMMA BROUGHT ABOUT BY DRUG ADDICTION AND TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

Congress passed the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) as a response to children waiting in foster homes for years without permanent placement. In addressing the problem of permanency, however, Congress set a strict limit on how long a child could be in foster care (15 out of the most recent 22 months) before a state must either commence a proceeding to terminate parental rights or else lose valuable federal funding. Due to health care funding schemes and quality of treatment, this requirement, in particular, negatively impacts parents currently in drug rehabilitation whose parental rights may be permanently terminated before a realistic chance to recover is permitted. Although ASFA requires that states make “reasonable efforts” to keep families united, it does not define “reasonable efforts,” leaving parental rights and family unity subject to a chaotic interpretation of this requirement from state to state. “Reasonable efforts” should be interpreted to take into account current drug addiction and recovery research and drug court programs should be used to facilitate this goal. Research has shown that focusing on adequate treatment saves states money and improves the lives of children and their families, reducing the need for reliance on termination of parental rights.     

医疗侵权损害赔偿的限制规则

因医疗侵权行为引起的损害赔偿问题,司法解释采取了以是否构成医疗事故为依据适用不同法律法规的制度,引起较大争议。作为一种侵权行为,医疗侵权造成患者损害的,应以全部赔偿为原则,辅之以过失相抵规则和衡平原则。对患者因医疗行为带来的损害,医疗机构原则上应全部予以赔偿;由于患者本身的原因与医疗过错共同作用造成损失的发生和扩大的,应适用过失相抵规则,适当减轻甚至免除医疗机构的赔偿责任;在精神损害赔偿方面,还应当考虑医疗机构的过错程度和偿付能力等因素,适用衡平原则。     

社会转型期农民工“国民待遇”问题研究

在传统的城乡分割的二元社会结构体制下,农民工成为中国现代化社会转型中的特殊范畴.伴随着经济社会的快速发展,跨区域进城务工经商的农民工愈来愈多,农民工在为城市发展做出巨大贡献的同时,却没有获得相应的合法身份和公平待遇.因此正视农民工目前的处境并给予其相应的国民待遇是中国社会转型期的重要任务.     

威慑与矫正--论法律对医疗事故的预防作用

医疗事故应当"以防为主".法律对医疗事故的预防作用主要有两条思路一是传统的过错责任体系,强调对于个别医生的威慑,促使其提高注意力标准从而避免医疗事故;二是正在研究的"无过错补偿制度",其关注的是整个医疗行业,试图矫正现行的医疗体制,利用制度的记忆来避免医疗事故的发生.由于无过错责任真正从根源上探寻医疗事故的原因,所以它将是有效的预防措施.但是要实现无过错机制的预防功能,必须建构起相应的配套制度,从而从根本上降低医疗事故的发生率.     

人口老龄化与农村老年医疗保障制度

人口老龄化导致老年人医疗服务需要增加。然而,经济因素制约了老年人医疗服务需要向需求的转化,阻碍了老年人健康状况的改善。为实现世界卫生组织(W H O)提出的“健康老龄化”目标,促进全面建设小康目标的实现,必须为老年人尤其是收入低且几乎没有任何医疗保障的大量农村老年人建立医疗保障制度。建立制度面临筹资来源少、技术难度高、医疗卫生条件落后等制约因素,需要采取“低水平、广覆盖、采用多种模式、利用各方力量、加强配套设施”的发展策略。通过建立农村老年医疗救助、合作医疗、“时间储蓄”等多种制度,提供完善的医疗供方体系,保障农村老年人的基本医疗需求,促进其健康状况的改善。     

医疗事故罪的实体认定--兼与非法行医罪比较

医疗事故罪与非法行医罪是新刑法增设的两个罪名。关于这两个罪名的理解适用,学界有过一些探讨,但是探讨得不够深入。应结合与非法行医罪的比较,进行医疗事故罪的实体认定。     

医事法专业实践教学的模式设计

在教育部的指示下,为了加强实践教学,各大高等院校根据高校类型的不同和学科的差异,纷纷调整专业的培养方案,增加实践教学的学时,医事法专业也不例外。在分析医事法专业实践教学意义的基础上,介绍医事法专业实践教学的原则,抛砖引玉,提出医事法专业实践教学的六种模式设计。     

论医疗风险防范对策

医疗风险是造成患方医疗利益损害的潜在可能性,对医方、政府、社会造成各种损失和负面影响;医疗风险具有的独立性、风险产生和现实转化因素的多元性以及风险可防控性等特征;针对不同原因引起的医疗风险,应当厘清对正常医疗风险的分担规则和非正常医疗风险的分担规则;防范医疗风险应当采取完善医事法律法规、提高防范和应对医疗风险的水平以及增强患方自我维权和对医疗风险的防范能力,这对减少和防范医疗纠纷的发生具有重要的意义。     

医疗物品致人损害责任的举证制度研究

医疗物品致人损害责任是医疗损害责任的一种特殊形式，同时又具有产品责任的某些特点。对外．药品、消毒药剂和医疗器械致损的归责原则是无过错原则；而血液致损的归责原则是过错原则。对内。医疗机构承担的是无过错责任．因此在无过错时有权向最终的责任主体追偿。医疗物品责任实行的是“谁主张。谁举证”的归责原则，因此受损害方承担了证明医疗损害责任三个构成要件的证明责任；而医疗产品生产商和医疗机构都可以通过举证《产品质量法》规定的法定情况的存在而免责，但医疗机构不得对“未投入流通”这一情况而免责．血液提供机构承担了证明自己不存在过错的举证责任。为了更好的平衡举证责任和举证能力．我国应该对与证据价值密切相关的两个制度证据保全和医疗鉴定予以完善。     

Exploring the criminal histories of stranger sexual killers

Although sexual homicide is receiving increasing research attention, few studies have examined the criminal histories of sexual killers in any detail. This study examined the criminal histories of 81 British stranger sexual killers to determine whether they were generalist, specialists or both and whether their criminal histories reflected violent, sexual, marginality and over control pathways. Results found most stranger sexual killers were generalist offenders and sexual homicide was part of a varied criminal repertoire and non-sexual crimes predominate. This ‘antisocial orientation’ means future offending may not be limited to sexual violence. Criminal histories reflected the violent, sexual, marginality and over control pathways, but offenders in the violent pathway were more criminally orientated. The clinical and investigative implications of these findings were considered as they suggest knowledge of the criminal histories of stranger sexual killers is an important consideration for criminal justice professionals.