Medical & Healthcare Law

Forensic DNA analysis plays a central role in the judicial system. A DNA sample can change the course of an investigation with immense consequences...

Our schools and healthcare institutions have abandoned the Hippocratic Oath and the Declaration of Geneva and replaced it with a policy of lethalis...

Whose Choice Is It? Abortion, Medicine, and the Law, 7th Edition is the definitive book that addresses every aspect of reproductive health and abor...

How can health-access advocates beat the wealthy pharmaceutical industry, which has the biggest spending lobby in Washington? Ramon Castellblanch p...

In this groundbreaking book, health-care attorney Daniel E. Dawes explores the secret backstory of the Affordable Care Act, shedding light on the c...

This is the first book in English on medical negligence law in China. Relying on the methodologies of statutory interpretation, case study, and soc...

In response to concerns about access to medical care at many Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals and clinics across the country in Spring...

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them. F...

How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicineThe U.S. medical system is touted as the most adva...

This is a comprehensive reference text that examines the current state of Legal Medicine, which encompasses Forensic Medicine, in the 21st century....

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada. Fully in force by 2007, the act was intended to safeguard and ...

Can an employer refuse to hire someone who tests positive for nicotine or alcohol? Can an airline or movie theatre require overweight customers to ...

Psychiatry and religion/spirituality (R/S) share an interest in human flourishing, a concern with beliefs and values, and an appreciation for commu...

Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field. Now in its fourth edition, it provides a comprehensive and scholarly accou...

Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dile...

Foreign assistance by the United States is tangled with domestic politics, and perhaps this is most clear in relation to funding for health and fam...

Now in its Seventh Edition and in vivid full-color, this groundbreaking book continues to champion the Have a Care approach, while also providi...

This book brings together legal scholars engaging with vulnerability theory to explore the implications and challenges for law of understanding vul...

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022!Here is the current authoritative tool you need as you weigh potential ethical issues and make important ...

Unique new book providing an overview and critical analysis of developments in Irish mental health policy, practice and law from 1945 to the presen...

The health care reform debate in the United States raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and...

Since 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has required most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or potential...

The federal government is the largest employer in the United States, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program is the largest employ...

In the last decade, shortages of prescription drugs containing controlled substances, such as narcotics and stimulants, have increased nationwide, ...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established a voluntary, outpatient prescription drug benefit under Medi...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as of 2014, changed how insurers determine health insurance premiums and how consumers shop...

The Medicaid program marked its 50th anniversary on July 30, 2015. The joint federal-state program has grown to be one of the largest sources of he...

Rising health care cost is a major concern for health policy makers since the 1960s. Statistical analysis of medical cost data is becoming increasi...

The number of uninsured individuals and the rising cost of health insurance have been long-standing issues. The Patient Protection and Affordable C...

The importance of managed care in Medicaid -- under which states contract with managed care organisations (MCOs) to provide a specific set of servi...