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The Prescription For Rising Drug Prices: Competition Or Price Controls?, Joanna Shepherd Jan 2017

The Prescription For Rising Drug Prices: Competition Or Price Controls?, Joanna Shepherd

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article focuses on the implementing of reforms aimed at promoting competition or prohibiting anticompetitive practices in rising drug prices in the U.S.


Weapons Of Mass Hysteria, Faulty Biothreat Predictions, And Their Impact On National (In)Security: A Case-Study Of Smallpox, Barbara Pfeffer Billauer Jan 2017

Weapons Of Mass Hysteria, Faulty Biothreat Predictions, And Their Impact On National (In)Security: A Case-Study Of Smallpox, Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

Biothreat projections for pandemic and bioterrorist planning are generated by a straight-forward computational system, rather than scientific evidence.


A Crisis Of Patent Law And Medical Innovation: The Category Of Diagnostic Claims In The Wake Of Ariosa V. Sequenom, Alexa Johnson Jan 2017

A Crisis Of Patent Law And Medical Innovation: The Category Of Diagnostic Claims In The Wake Of Ariosa V. Sequenom, Alexa Johnson

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article analysis the scope of patent eligibility of diagnostic tests in the U.S. focusing on Ariosa v. Sequenom and Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc. court case.


Food For Thought: Flexible Farm To School Procurement Policies Can Increase Access To Fresh, Healthy School Meals, Lauren Tonti Jan 2017

Food For Thought: Flexible Farm To School Procurement Policies Can Increase Access To Fresh, Healthy School Meals, Lauren Tonti

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article focuses on the enactment of farm to school procurement policies for providing students health and its impact in increasing access to fresh, healthy school meals in the U.S.


Caring For The Body And The Soul: Small Businesses Post-Hobby Lobby And Hhs Contraceptive Rule, James Lesinski Jan 2017

Caring For The Body And The Soul: Small Businesses Post-Hobby Lobby And Hhs Contraceptive Rule, James Lesinski

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the corporate personhood movement and its impact on closely-held corporations and individuals focusing on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule.


Mentally Ill Employees In The Workplace: Does The Ada Amendments Act Provide Adequate Protection?, Debbie N. Kaminer Jan 2016

Mentally Ill Employees In The Workplace: Does The Ada Amendments Act Provide Adequate Protection?, Debbie N. Kaminer

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the role played by Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in protection of mentally ill employees in the workplace.


Masthead, Volume 26 Jan 2016

Masthead, Volume 26

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


The Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. Scholar-In-Residence Lecture: Sneaking Around The Constitution: Pretextual "Health" Laws And The Future Of Roe V. Wade, Nancy Northrup Jan 2016

The Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. Scholar-In-Residence Lecture: Sneaking Around The Constitution: Pretextual "Health" Laws And The Future Of Roe V. Wade, Nancy Northrup

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

A speech delivered by Nancy Northup, President and chief executive officer (CEO) of the U.S. Center for Reproductive Rights. It discusses the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in case 'Roe v. Wade' on pretextual health law.


The “Uberization” Of Healthcare: The Forthcoming Legal Storm Over Mobile Health Technology’S Impact On The Medical Profession, Fazal Khan Jan 2016

The “Uberization” Of Healthcare: The Forthcoming Legal Storm Over Mobile Health Technology’S Impact On The Medical Profession, Fazal Khan

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the potential of mobile health to transform the delivery of healthcare through allowing non-physicians providing care independent of physicians and outside of traditional clinics and hospitals in the United States. It discusses licensing and scope of practice laws from large information technology (IT) corporations.


Improving The Emergency Medical Services System’S Response To Domestic Violence, Karen Oehme, Nat Stern, Elizabeth Donnelly, Rebecca Melvin Jan 2016

Improving The Emergency Medical Services System’S Response To Domestic Violence, Karen Oehme, Nat Stern, Elizabeth Donnelly, Rebecca Melvin

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the need of a strategy in the U.S. for the emergency health care that would include an role for emergency medical services (EMS) in preventing domestic violence. Topics discussed include ways to increase the degree of consistency and accountability of the EMS system, training on domestic violence for EMS personnel, and requirement of universal screening of female patients for domestic violence.


America Needs The Treat Act: Expanding Access To Effective Medication For Treating Addiction, Barbara Andraka-Christou Jan 2016

America Needs The Treat Act: Expanding Access To Effective Medication For Treating Addiction, Barbara Andraka-Christou

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article focuses on the underuse of buprenorphine because it is the most widely used medication for treating opioid dependence that is cost-effective in the United States. It discusses restrictions placed on prescribers under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 and the need to reintroduce the Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act.


The Constitutionality Of Solitary Confinement: Insights From Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Lindley A. Bassett Jan 2016

The Constitutionality Of Solitary Confinement: Insights From Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Lindley A. Bassett

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the Eighth Amendment and solitary confinement in the United States, in particular, the tenth circuit court decision in Silverstein v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, and possible solutions.


Borrowing From Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine In Analyzing Abortion Clinic Regulations, Caitlin E. Borgmann Jan 2016

Borrowing From Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine In Analyzing Abortion Clinic Regulations, Caitlin E. Borgmann

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the intensity in legislative rulemaking specifically directed at dismantling women's health protections is sweeping across the U.S. Topics discussed include the U.S. anti-reproductive rights legislation; legal protections for pharmacists who refuse to dispense contraceptive medications to women; and targeted restrictions of abortion providers (TRAP laws) in Texas.


Volume 26 (2016), Case Western Reserve University Health Matrix: Journal Of Law-Medicine Jan 2016

Volume 26 (2016), Case Western Reserve University Health Matrix: Journal Of Law-Medicine

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


The Pregnancy Penalty, Michele Goodwin Jan 2016

The Pregnancy Penalty, Michele Goodwin

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

Punishing pregnant women increasingly serves as a litmus test in political discourse, inviting more than a metaphor about state sanctioned violence targeted at women. In 2016, candidates for the United States presidency threatened to defund Planned Parenthood if elected and a leading candidate promised he would "punish" pregnant women who seek abortions. Other presidential candidates urged that even victims of rape and incest should be forced to carry their pregnancies to term, imposing yet another penalty or strike against sexually violated women and girls. Local legislatures and governors show equal contempt for and desire to penalize women in the United …


Hobby Lobby, Birth Control, And Our Ongoing Cultural Wars: Pleasure And Desire In The Crossfires, Robin West Jan 2016

Hobby Lobby, Birth Control, And Our Ongoing Cultural Wars: Pleasure And Desire In The Crossfires, Robin West

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article examines the political, legal and constitutional challenges related to Birth control laws in the U.S. It discusses Supreme Court jurisprudence, such as Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and birth control drug law and treatments.


Genetic Essentialism In Family Law, Jennifer S. Hendricks Jan 2016

Genetic Essentialism In Family Law, Jennifer S. Hendricks

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

This is an essay exploring the costs of relying on genetic essentialism in family law in the United States. It discusses mandatory genetic testing of every child at birth; a need of an alternative way of thinking about biological parenthood; and the New York court case Fasano v. Perry-Rodger.


Tantamount To Fraud?: Exploring Non-Disclosure Of Genetic Information In Life Insurance Applications As Grounds For Policy Rescission, Anya E.R. Prince Jan 2016

Tantamount To Fraud?: Exploring Non-Disclosure Of Genetic Information In Life Insurance Applications As Grounds For Policy Rescission, Anya E.R. Prince

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

Many genetic counselors recommend that individuals secure desired insurance policies, such as life insurance, prior to undergoing predictive genetic testing. It has been argued, however, that this practice is "tantamount to fraud" and that failure to disclose genetic test results, or conspiring to secure a policy before testing, opens an individual up to legal recourse. This debate traps affected individuals in a Catch-22. If they apply for life insurance and disclose a genetic test result, they may be denied. If they apply without disclosing the information, they may have committed fraud. The consequences of life insurance fraud are significant.


First Do No Harm: Protecting Patients Through Immunizing Health Care Workers, Rene F. Najera, Dorit R. Reiss Jan 2016

First Do No Harm: Protecting Patients Through Immunizing Health Care Workers, Rene F. Najera, Dorit R. Reiss

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article discusses the how immunizing health care worker can help protecting vulnerable patients and mandatory vaccination of health care workers in New Jersey (Valent v. Board of Review, Department of Labor).


Human Trafficking: How A Joint Task Force Between Health Care Providers And Law Enforcement Can Assist With Identifying Victims And Prosecuting Traffickers, Megan Helton Jan 2016

Human Trafficking: How A Joint Task Force Between Health Care Providers And Law Enforcement Can Assist With Identifying Victims And Prosecuting Traffickers, Megan Helton

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

The article discusses how a joint task force between health care providers and law enforcement can assist with identifying victims and prosecuting traffickers in the U.S. Topics discussed include legislation criminalizing human trafficking; laws protecting victims of human trafficking; and ways to combat human trafficking in the United States.


Volume 24 (2014), Case Western Reserve Health Matrix: Journal Of Law-Medicine Jan 2015

Volume 24 (2014), Case Western Reserve Health Matrix: Journal Of Law-Medicine

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Antitrust And The Future Of Nursing: Federal Competition Policy And The Scope Of Practice, Daniel J. Gilman, Julie Fairman Jan 2015

Antitrust And The Future Of Nursing: Federal Competition Policy And The Scope Of Practice, Daniel J. Gilman, Julie Fairman

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


The "Golden Rules" For Eliminating Disparities: Title Vi, Medicare, And The Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act, David Barton Smith Jan 2015

The "Golden Rules" For Eliminating Disparities: Title Vi, Medicare, And The Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act, David Barton Smith

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Why The Medical Malpractice Crisis Persists Even When Malpractice Insurance Premiums Fall, Marc A. Rodwin, Justin Silverman, David Merfeld Jan 2015

Why The Medical Malpractice Crisis Persists Even When Malpractice Insurance Premiums Fall, Marc A. Rodwin, Justin Silverman, David Merfeld

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Responding To Requests For Assisted Reproductive Technology Intervention Involving Women Who Cannot Give Consent, Jennifer S. Bard, Lindsay Penrose Jan 2015

Responding To Requests For Assisted Reproductive Technology Intervention Involving Women Who Cannot Give Consent, Jennifer S. Bard, Lindsay Penrose

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Prosecuting Women For Drug Use During Pregnancy: The Criminal Justice System Should Step Out And The Affordable Care Act Should Step Up, Erin D. Kampschmidt Jan 2015

Prosecuting Women For Drug Use During Pregnancy: The Criminal Justice System Should Step Out And The Affordable Care Act Should Step Up, Erin D. Kampschmidt

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Sustainable Access To Data For Postmarketing Medical Product Safety Surveillance Under The Amended Hipaa Privacy Rule, Barbara J. Evans Jan 2015

Sustainable Access To Data For Postmarketing Medical Product Safety Surveillance Under The Amended Hipaa Privacy Rule, Barbara J. Evans

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Repairing The Therapist? Banning Reparative Therapy For Lgb Minors, Caitlin Sandley Jan 2015

Repairing The Therapist? Banning Reparative Therapy For Lgb Minors, Caitlin Sandley

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Sealing The Record: An Analysis Of Jurisdictional Variations Of Juvenile Sex Offender Record Sealing Laws, Nori Wieder Jan 2015

Sealing The Record: An Analysis Of Jurisdictional Variations Of Juvenile Sex Offender Record Sealing Laws, Nori Wieder

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Big Data Proxies And Health Privacy Exceptionalism, Nicolas P. Terry Jan 2015

Big Data Proxies And Health Privacy Exceptionalism, Nicolas P. Terry

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.