Public Health Law: A Renaissance
Open Access
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
- Vol. 30 (2) , 136-140
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2002.tb00379.x
Abstract
This symposium issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is about public health law, not health-care law. There is a difference. Most scholarly writing has examined the rich and textured field of health-care law or law and medicine. This field revolves around several broad themes related to the health-care system: delivery, financing, and research and innovation.In studying health-care delivery, scholars have examined everything from the physician/patient relationship (e.g., consent and privacy) to systems of care (e.g., hospitals and managed care organizations). In studying financing, scholars have examined theories of competition and justice to ensure cost-efficient access to care. And in studying research and innovation, scholars have studied everything from human subject protection to intellectual property.Keywords
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