INDIANA HEAlTH LAW REVIEW VOLUME6 2009 ARTICLES Altered Standards of Care for Health Care Providers in the Pandemic Influenza Paging King Solomon: Towards Allowing Organ Donation from Anencephalic Infants NOTES An Athlete's Right to Privacy Regarding Sport-Related Injuries: HIPPA and the Creation of the Mysterious Injury Laryngoscopes, Lidocaine, and Liability: The Absence of Immunity Protection for Prehospital Providers in Indiana Unfair and Harsh Results of Contributory Negligence Lives in Indiana: The Indiana Medical Malpractice System and the Indiana Comparative Fault Act Health Should Not Be a Determinative Factor of Whether One Will be a Suitable Adoptive Parent IssUE 1 1?/eanorl>.Jrinn~ Heather A. McCabe Amy Lewis Gilbert Janna Jo Shisler Fazal Jrhan Brian Lea James Blake Hike Meghan A. Cox Bruce 1>. Jones Brenda Jr. DeVries INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Indianapolis IUPUI INDIANA IlEAL TH LAW REVIEW Volume6 Editor-in-Chief Andrew J. 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A.A., Parkland College; A.B., M.S., C.A.S., University of Dlinois. INDIANA HEALTH LAW REVIEW Volume6 Issue l TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES Altered Standards of Care for Health Care Providers in the Pandemic Influenza ................................................... Eleanor D. Kinney Heather A. McCabe Amy Lewis Gilbert Janna Jo Shisler 1 Paging King Solomon: Towards Allowing Organ Donation from Anencephalic Infants .............................................. Fazal Khan NOTES An Athlete's Right to Privacy Regarding Sport-Related Injuries: HIPPA and the BrianLea 17 Creation of the Mysterious Injury ........................................ James Blake Hike 47 Laryngoscopes, Lidocaine, and Liability: The Absence of Immunity Protection for Prehospital Providers in Indiana ............................................ Meghan A. Cox 77 Unfair and Harsh Results of Contributory Negligence Lives in Indiana: The Indiana Medical Malpractice System and the Indiana Comparative Fault Act .................................... Bruce D. Jones 107 Health Should Not Be a Determinative Factor of Whether One Will be a Suitable Adoptive Parent ............................. Brenda K. DeVries 137 2009