Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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An [Un]clear Conscience Clause
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
By examining 20 state laws mandating insurance coverage of contraceptives, this article examines the sources and consequences of the ambiguity or the precision of the language.
How Do Public Health Safeguards in Indian Patent Law Affect Pharmaceutical Patenting in Practice?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
The article examines the degree to which India’s section 3(d) impacts patent grant rates compared to Europe, a jurisdiction without 3(d) provisions.
Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
Philadelphia's Lead Court Is Making a Difference
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
Global Public Health Legal Responses to H1N1
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Pandemics challenge the law and often highlight its strengths or expose its limits.
State Laws Restricting Driver Use of Mobile Communications Devices
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of the current state of laws limiting drivers' use of mobile communication devices (MCDs) found that no state prohibits all types of MCD use by all types of drivers, and that laws restricting MCD use are not based on evidence about actual hazards.
Preface
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
This symposium issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is devoted to the reconvening of the first national public health law conference since 2006, Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public's Health, held on September 13-15, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Public Health Preparedness Laws and Policies
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The detection and spread of pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States led to a complex and multifaceted response by the public health system that lasted more than a year, testing virtually every aspect of U.S. public health preparedness and response systems, from laboratory capabilities and capacities to social distancing plans.
Regulating Food Retail for Obesity Prevention
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
A growing number of cities and counties have emerged as leaders in the fight against obesity in the United States and have enacted innovative policies to address this epidemic.
What Gets Measured, Gets Changed
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
In recent years the public health community has increasingly demonstrated and recognized the roles that public health laws and policies play in effectuating long-lasting and broad-based population-wide changes.