As new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of medicine are being called into question as never before. Martin Levine's collection brings together the seminal papers written on the nexus between mental illness, its treatment and its relationship to the law. The volume also provides an informative introduction, summarizing the area and the relevance of the articles chosen.

It is widely recognized that health is influenced by a variety of social, economic and environmental factors, and not just by access to health care. The extensive empirical literature on the social determinants of- and inequalities in- health has yet to be matched by an appreciation of the normative underpinnings of health equity. Health equity expresses a commitment of public health to social justice, which raises a series of ethical issues. Why, if at all, should a concern with health equity be singled out from the pursuit of social justice in general? What is the extent of social-as opposed to individual-responsibility for health? What ethical problems arise in evaluating population health and health inequalities? How sensitive should the pursuit of health equity be to contextual considerations in contrast to universal values? In addressing these important questions, this volume examines the foundations of health equity. With contributions from distinguished philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and public-health specialists, it centres on five major themes: what is health equity?; health equity and its relation to social justice; health inequalities and responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation and prioritization; and anthropological perspectives on health equity.

An international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by testing and screening for HIV and AIDS. They aim to point the way to practical advances but also to give an accessible guide for those new to the debate.

In the mid 1980s, there was a crisis in the availability, affordability, and adequacy of liability insurance in the United States and Canada. Mass tort claims such as the asbestos, DES, and Agent Orange litigation generated widespread public attention, and the tort system came to assume a heightened prominence in American life. While some scholars debate whether or not any such crisis still exists, there has been an increasing political, judicial and academic questioning of the goals and future of the tort system.
Exploring the Domain of Tort Law reviews the evidence on the efficacy of the tort system and its alternatives. By looking at empirical evidence in five major categories of accidents--automobile, medical malpractice, product-related accidents, environmental injuries, and workplace injuries--the authors evaluate the degree to which the tort system conforms to three normative goals: deterrence, corrective justice, and distributive justice. In each case, the authors review the deterrence and compensatory properties of the tort system, and then review parallel bodies of evidence on regulatory, penal, and compensatory alternatives.
Most of the academic literature on the tort system has traditionally been doctrinal or, in recent years, highly theoretical. Very little of this literature provides an in-depth consideration of how the system works, and whether or not there are any feasible alternatives. Exploring the Domain of TortLaw contributes valuable new evidence to the tort law reform debate. It will be of interest to academic lawyers and economists, policy analysts, policy professionals in government and research organizations, and all those affected by tort law reform.

The major mental health reforms of the last generation in the U.S.A. have given rise to much discussion and often heated debate; but have they actually produced any real changes? This book is the first overview of this controversial subject - and the author's appraisal of the consequences of these reforms is surprising. Changes which were originally aimed at making it more difficult to hospitalize and treat people with mental illness, and easier to punish them, have actually resulted in far less change than was predicted or intended. This stimulating book argues that, when the law contradicted commonsense ideas of how to deal with the mentally ill, it was bent or ignored, whether by judges, medical professionals, or family members.

Die Anforderung im medizinischen Alltag rechtlich relevante Sachverhalte, etwa nach Gewalt im hauslichen Umfeld zu erkennen und zeitgemass richtig zu handeln ist in den letzten Jahren stark gestiegen. Es sind in der Regel klinisch tatige Arzte, Angehorige der Pflegeberufe und nichtmedizinische Laien wie Polizeibeamte und Mitarbeiter von Opferschutzeinrichtungen, die als erste mit Opfern in Kontakt treten und so einen wesentlichen Anteil an der Erkennung sowie an Verlauf und Ausgang der interdisziplinaren Betreuung haben.

Die Herausgeber, klinisch-forensisch erfahrene Rechtsmediziner, legen mit diesem Buch gemeinsam mit einem interdisziplinaren Autoren-Team einen umfassenden Praxisleitfaden fur Arzte aller Fachrichtungen, Pflegeberufe sowie andere Berufsgruppen mit Kontakt zu Betroffenen vor.

Der Praxisleitfaden beleuchtet unter anderem die Themenkomplexe Gewalt gegen Kinder, Erwachsene und altere Personen, Sexualdelikte, Dokumentation und Beweismittelsicherung, Bildgebende Verfahren, Toxikologie, Selbstbeschadigung sowie zahlreiche weitere klinisch-forensisch relevante Aspekte."

This book addresses the relation between patients and public healthcare providers under current UK law, in the context of relevant provisions of the EC Treaty and important decisions by the European Court of Justice.

This book will be written by experts for professionals, scientists and all those involved in toxicological data generation and decision-making. It is the updated and expanded version of a monograph published in German in 2004. Chemical safety is regulated on various levels including production, storage, transport, handling, disposal or labelling. This book deals comprehensively with the safety-ensuring methods and concepts employed by regulatory agencies, industry and academics. Toxicologists use experimental and scientific approaches for data collection, e.g. about chemical hazards, physicochemical features or toxicokinetics. The respective experimental methods are described in the book. Toxicologists also deal with much insecurity in the exposure and effect scenarios during risk assessment. To overcome these, they have different extrapolation methods and estimation procedures at their disposal. The book describes these methods in an accessible manner. Differing concepts from one regulation area to another are also covered. Reasons and consequences become evident when reading the book. Altogether, the book Regulatory Toxicology will serve as an excellent reference."

This incisive selection of government reports, scholarly articles, and court cases is designed to illuminate the ethical, legal, and political issues in the theory and practice of public health. A companion to the internationally acclaimed "Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, "this collection encourages debate and discourse about how courts, scholars, and policy makers respond to the salient legal and ethical dilemmas. The excerpts and commentaries in the reader analyze the legal and constitutional foundations of public health, juxtaposing them with the emerging importance of public health ethics and human rights. The book offers a systematic account of public health law, ethics, and human rights in promoting the common good.
Gostin provides thoughtful commentary on the field of public health and carefully explains the meaning and importance of each selection. Scholars, legislators, and public health professionals, as well as faculty and students in schools of law, public health, medicine, nursing, government, and health administration, will benefit from the contemporary case studies covering a wide range of topics from bioterrorism to public health genetics.

b>Health Care Credentialing, takes you far beyond the standard review of credentialing concerns, delivering insights into innovative ways to collect, process and assess credentialing information. No matter where you're conducting credentialing, this resource will help you keep pace with the latest ideas and approaches.Specifically, Health Care Credentialing will help you: Take into account complex laws, regulations, and accreditation standards as they apply to credentialing Handle disruptive care and clinical competency issues Access information for evaluating core competencies to be used in credentialing Stay up-to-date on relevant regulations, statutes, and accreditation standards Health Care Credentialing helps you address the critical issues in this important arena. This unique resource delivers: Coverage of credentialing for disaster management Innovative processes to upgrade clinical competencies outside the credentialing system Guidance on Board and IRB credentialing Innovative perspectives to address behavioral problems and disruptive individuals Cutting-edge approaches to "Pay-For-Performance" and credentialing Ahead-of-the-curve insights into credentialing and federal requirements such as the ADA Rehab Act Section 504 and EEOC guidance In addition, Health Care Credentialing will help you: Keep pace with credentialing standards and relevant state and federal requirements Launch important credentialing initiatives Implement alternative programs to address emerging credentialing issues And much more! Health Care Credentialing has been updated to include: New sections on: New ACOs: Physician-Hospital Alignment Changes in Medical Staff Structures Technology Utilization Competency Innovative Bylaws and Credentialing Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Credentialing Discussion of changes in the proposed rule for the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Updated information on credentialing for advanced practice practitioners Updated information on telemedicine Discussion of the May 2012 revisions to the medical staff and nursing services Conditions of Participation Updated information on the final rule for screening and program requirements for ACOs Discussion of the following cases: Smigaj v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital West Florida Regional Medical Center v. See Gargiulo v. Baystate Health, Inc. Effective reversal of the Archuleta decision by Utah Code section 78B-3-425 Cawthorn v. Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp. d/b/a/ Mercy Hospital Medical Center Appeal of Sternberg v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Jablonsky v. Sierra Kings Healthcare District Preau v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Lawnwood Medical Center Inc. v. Randall Seeger Smith v. Cleveland Clinic Gaalla v. Brown State of Rhode Island Department of Health Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, In the matter of Alexandra Thran, MD Updated discussions of and references to The Joint Commission's 2012 Hospital Accreditation Standards