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Oct. 26, 2006

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MUW’s Bryan Hilliard has article accepted for publication

 

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Dr. Bryan Hilliard, assistant professor of philosophy at Mississippi University for Women, has had his article on the U.S. Supreme Court and physician-assisted suicide accepted for publication.

The article, “The Politics of Palliative Care and the Ethical Boundaries of Medicine: Gonzales v. Oregon as a Cautionary Tale,” will appear in Vol. 35, Num. 1 (2007) of The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

According to Hilliard, the article analyzes the most recent Supreme Court decisions within the context of the Bush administration’s attack on Oregon physicians and patients and within ethical and legal considerations of what constitutes professional medical practice in controlling pain.

He specializes in constitutional law and ethics in the areas of health care policy, palliative care and the physician-patient relationship. His most recent book, “The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care,” was published in 2004 by Paragon House. Hilliard also provides ethics consulting services for regional health care facilities.

Hilliard graduated from Elong College with a bachelor of arts in history and philosophy before attending the University of Tennessee where he earned his master of arts in philosophy and medical ethics as well as a doctorate in philosophy. Hilliard has been at MUW for one year.