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Law and Mental Disability Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, and Law, Medicine and Health Care
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Sessions Information

  • January 9, 2022
    12:35 pm - 1:50 pm
    Event: 2022 Annual Meeting
    Session Type: Section Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Hotel: N/A
    Room: N/A
    Floor: N/A


    This panel will examine the nexus between healthcare decision-making and mental health/illness. Speakers will explore how the law can facilitate, undermine, and otherwise shape individuals’ choices with regard to mental healthcare. For example, one of the speakers will examine decision-making capacity as it relates to medical aid in dying. Another will provide a comparative perspective, sharing and critiquing the law in England, Australia, and New Zealand on advance directives for those with serious mental illnesses.
Session Speakers
Richard J. Bonnie
Organization: University of Virginia School of Law
Speaker from a Call for Papers
John Dawson
Organization: University of Otago Faculty of Law
Speaker
Nina A. Kohn
Organization: Syracuse University College of Law
Moderator
Lisa Smilan
Organization: University of Virginia
Speaker
Lois Weithorn
Organization: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Speaker
Megan S. Wright
Organization: The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law
Speaker from a Call for Papers
Heather Zelle
Organization: University of Virginia Department of Public Health Sciences
Speaker from a Call for Papers
Session Fees
  • Law and Mental Disability Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, and Law, Medicine and Health Care - Mental Healthcare Decision-Making: Innovations and Comparative Perspectives: $0.00