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Prof. Mort Cohen is a legal scholar specializing in healthcare law and elder rights. He served as a lawyer for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, challenging a 1992 state law that grants doctors authority to override mentally incompetent patients' treatment refusals. His work focuses on protecting vulnerable populations from coercive medical practices.
Research Interests:
- Healthcare law and policy reform
- Patient autonomy in institutional settings
- Elder rights and ethical care practices
Notable Contribution: In 2013, he was involved in a legal case highlighting abuses of California's treatment competence law, particularly regarding forced medication, restraints, and life-sustaining treatment removal in nursing homes.
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