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Genetic Discrimination In The Workplace: Lessons From The Past And Concerns For The Future, Laurie A. Vasichek Jan 2009

Genetic Discrimination In The Workplace: Lessons From The Past And Concerns For The Future, Laurie A. Vasichek

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Vence L. Bonham Jan 2009

Foreword, Vence L. Bonham

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Will Directed Evolution Destroy Humanity, And If So, What Can We Do About It?, Maxwell J. Mehlman Jan 2009

Will Directed Evolution Destroy Humanity, And If So, What Can We Do About It?, Maxwell J. Mehlman

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Perspectives On Financial Incentives To Induce Live Donor Kidney Donation: Scholarships In Exchange For The Gift Of Life, Walter K. Graham, Jason P. Livingston Jan 2009

Perspectives On Financial Incentives To Induce Live Donor Kidney Donation: Scholarships In Exchange For The Gift Of Life, Walter K. Graham, Jason P. Livingston

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Competition Policy And Organizational Fragmentation In Health Care, Thomas L. Greaney Jan 2009

Competition Policy And Organizational Fragmentation In Health Care, Thomas L. Greaney

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A central challenge for all health care reform proposals currently being discussed is finding the means to effectively channel market forces given many deeply embedded features of our system and the peculiar economics of health care delivery and financing. This essay traces the path of competition law in health care and explains its chicken-and-egg relationship with provider organizational arrangements. It explores a central puzzle for future health care policy: why have market forces failed to counteract organizational fragmentation? Answering this question requires an understanding of why competition policy is inexorably linked to the organizational structures of health care providers and …


Working Sick: Lessons Of Chronic Illness For Health Care Reform, Elizabeth Pendo Jan 2009

Working Sick: Lessons Of Chronic Illness For Health Care Reform, Elizabeth Pendo

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Although chronic illness is generally associated with the elderly or disabled, chronic conditions are widespread among working-age adults and pose significant challenges for employer-based health care plans. Indeed, a recent study found that the number of working-age adults with a major chronic condition has grown by 25 percent over the past 10 years, to a total of nearly 58 million in 2006. Chronic illness imposes significant costs on workers, employers, and the overall economy. This population accounts for three-quarters of all personal medical spending in the United States, and a Milken Institute study recently estimated that lost workdays and lower …


Regulating Physician Behavior: Taking Doctors’ 'Bad Law' Claims Seriously, Sandra H. Johnson Jan 2009

Regulating Physician Behavior: Taking Doctors’ 'Bad Law' Claims Seriously, Sandra H. Johnson

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Physician behavior is a key target of government regulation intended to improve the efficiency, quality, and accessibility of health care. Yet according to physicians’ "bad law" claims, the legal effort to promote patient health and well-being has actually caused significant harm. These "bad law" claims - that malpractice litigation prompts defensive medicine, that patients’ rights policies prompt doctors to provide futile care, that controlled substance laws cause physicians to undertreat patients in pain - have diminished in significance due to the deconstruction of professionalism. Claims are often discarded as the cries of "bad apple" doctors or in the interest of …


Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Table Of Contents

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Masthead Jan 2009

Masthead

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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The Kidney Donor Scholarship Act: How College Scholarships Can Provide Financial Incentives For Kidney Donation While Preserving Altruistic Meaning, Jake Linford Jan 2009

The Kidney Donor Scholarship Act: How College Scholarships Can Provide Financial Incentives For Kidney Donation While Preserving Altruistic Meaning, Jake Linford

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Confronting The Limits Of Altruism: A Response To Jake Linford, Michele Goodwin Jan 2009

Confronting The Limits Of Altruism: A Response To Jake Linford, Michele Goodwin

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Embracing The Commodification Of Human Organs: Transplantation And The Freedom To Sell Body Parts, Mark J. Cherry Jan 2009

Embracing The Commodification Of Human Organs: Transplantation And The Freedom To Sell Body Parts, Mark J. Cherry

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Personalizing Informed Consent: The Challenge Of Health Literacy, Jessica J. Flinn Jan 2009

Personalizing Informed Consent: The Challenge Of Health Literacy, Jessica J. Flinn

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


I Still Haven’T Found What I’M Looking For, But I May Have Found Something Else: Non-Physician Researchers And Incidental Findings In Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Holli Kubicki Jan 2009

I Still Haven’T Found What I’M Looking For, But I May Have Found Something Else: Non-Physician Researchers And Incidental Findings In Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Holli Kubicki

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Table Of Contents

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Masthead Jan 2009

Masthead

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Social Networking In The Age Of Personal Genomics, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee Jan 2009

Social Networking In The Age Of Personal Genomics, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Beyond Bidil: The Expanding Embrace Of Race In Biomedical Research And Product Development, Jonathan Kahn Jan 2009

Beyond Bidil: The Expanding Embrace Of Race In Biomedical Research And Product Development, Jonathan Kahn

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Diet Starts Monday: An Analysis Of Current U.S. Dietary Supplement Regulations Through An International Comparison, Greg Lindquist Jan 2009

Diet Starts Monday: An Analysis Of Current U.S. Dietary Supplement Regulations Through An International Comparison, Greg Lindquist

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Pharmacogenomics And The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008: Legislation Limitations And Its Impact On Pgx Research And Clinical Opportunity, Amanda Tessmer Jan 2009

Pharmacogenomics And The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Of 2008: Legislation Limitations And Its Impact On Pgx Research And Clinical Opportunity, Amanda Tessmer

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.