Megan Wright
Megan Wright
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Arizona, 2012
J.D., Yale Law School, 2016
M.A., University of Arizona, 2006
B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Brigham Young University, 2003
A nationally recognized scholar at the intersection of health law, bioethics, disability law, and public health, Professor Wright has developed an influential body of research addressing healthcare decision-making, dementia, patient autonomy, and medical ethics.
Select Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Reconsidering Capacity Assessments, __ AM. J. L. MED. __ (forthcoming) (peer-reviewed).
Legal Issues in Dementia, in THE BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY OF DEMENTIA (Bruce Miller & Brad Bouve eds. forthcoming), with Jalayne Arias and Ana Tyler.
Using Disability Law to Expand Access to Medical Aid in Dying for Persons with Cognitive and Other Impairments, in LAW AND ASSISTED DYING (Ben White ed. forthcoming) (invited).
Symposium, Planning for Cognitive Decline: Combining Formal Supported Decision-Making Agreements and Healthcare Advance Directives, 35 HEALTH MATRIX 225 (2025) (invited).
Healthcare Organization Policies about the California End of Life Option Act: The Paper Victory of the Medical Aid in Dying Movement, in HEALTH LAW AS PRIVATE LAW: PATHOLOGY OR PATHWAY? (I. Glenn Cohen et al. eds. 2025), with Cindy L. Cain.
Symposium, More Choosers, Fewer Choices? Supported and Medical Decision-Making Law Post-Dobbs, 45 PACE L. R. 139 (2024).
Resuscitating Consent, 63 B.C. L. REV. 889 (2022).
Equality of Autonomy? Physician Aid in Dying and Supported Decision-Making, 63 ARIZ. L. REV. 157 (2021).
Dementia, Autonomy, and Supported Healthcare Decisionmaking, 79 MD. L. REV. 257 (2020).