Kathleen Kerr
Biographic Data
| ID | 7943503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Kerr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr |
| SIGNATURE | KERR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7955-7551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness
Approximately 30% of the 700,000 US veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War developed multiple persistent symptoms called Gulf War illness. While the etiology is uncertain, several toxic exposures including pesticides and chemical warfare agents have shown associations. There is no effective medical treatment. An intervention to enhance detoxification developed by Hubbard has improved quality of life and/or reduced body burdens in other cohort…
The Final, Anticlimactic Rule on Baby Doe
Murray discusses the gist of the Department of Health and Human\nServices' final rule on the care of handicapped infants, what its impact will\nbe on medical decision making, and what it signifies to the three groups most\nconcerned with its formulation--physicians, members of right-to-life groups,\nand the disabled and their advocates. He describes the changes that the rule\nwent through before it was acceptable to all three groups, explains why…
Reporting the Case of Baby Jane Doe
Kathleen Kerr of the Long Island newspaper Newsday describes her paper's coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case for which she as the lead reporter received a Pulitzer Prize. Kerr traces her and Newsday's involvement from the first request for a court hearing to compel surgery against parental wishes to the broader issues of the ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of treatment decisions for handicapped newborns
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Reporting the Case of Baby Jane Doe
Kathleen Kerr of the Long Island newspaper Newsday describes her paper's coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case for which she as the lead reporter received a Pulitzer Prize. Kerr traces her and Newsday's involvement from the first request for a court hearing to compel surgery against parental wishes to the broader issues of the ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of treatment decisions for handicapped newborns
The Final, Anticlimactic Rule on Baby Doe
Murray discusses the gist of the Department of Health and Human\nServices' final rule on the care of handicapped infants, what its impact will\nbe on medical decision making, and what it signifies to the three groups most\nconcerned with its formulation--physicians, members of right-to-life groups,\nand the disabled and their advocates. He describes the changes that the rule\nwent through before it was acceptable to all three groups, explains why…
A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness
Approximately 30% of the 700,000 US veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War developed multiple persistent symptoms called Gulf War illness. While the etiology is uncertain, several toxic exposures including pesticides and chemical warfare agents have shown associations. There is no effective medical treatment. An intervention to enhance detoxification developed by Hubbard has improved quality of life and/or reduced body burdens in other cohort…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adverse effect (1 work) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Health (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 work)