Social Law

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...

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...

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 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...