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Popular Government back issue: Vol. 62, No. 3, Spring 1997

See links to select online articles from this issue below.

Publications

Advance Directives for Medical Decision Making in North Carolina: Rights, Duties, and Questions (Part One)
Nancy M. P. King
Tuesday, April 1, 1997
Article

This two-part article provides basic information that individuals, families, health care providers, and policy makers in North Carolina can use to help guide decision making about medical treatment—including decisions both to provide and to withhold treatment—for persons who are no longer able to decide for themselves. Part One discusses common and constitutional law about health care decision making and the North Carolina statutory scheme for advance directives and end-of-life decisions.

The second part is available here.

Taking a Pragmatic View of Privatization
David N. Ammons
Tuesday, April 1, 1997
Article
Special Series: Local Government on the Internet Part Five: Appropriate Use of the Internet
Patricia A. Langelier
Tuesday, April 1, 1997
Article