Social law and Medical law

Consumer Credit and the American Economy examines the economics, behavioral science, sociology, history, institutions, law, and regulation of consumer credit in the United States.

Consumer Credit and the American Economy examines the economics, behavioral science, sociology, history, institutions, law, and regulation of consumer credit in the United States.

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

In October 1948-one year after the creation of the U.

Regulating Obesity?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the most widely used and accepted scheme for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and beyond.

The Oxford Handbook of U.

Why is it that some countries comply with international laws, while others disregard them?

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

Can your employer require you to travel to India for a hip replacement as a condition of insurance coverage?

The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

The Globalization of Health Care is the first book to offer a comprehensive legal and ethical analysis of the most interesting and broadest reaching development in health care of the last twenty years: its globalization.

The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v.

Food products with genetically modified (GM) ingredients are common, yet many consumers are unaware of this.

America may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet its citizens have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities, and higher adolescent death rates than those in most other advanced industrial nations--and even some developing countries.

On May 17, 1954, in Brown v.

When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs.

Fear, rage, courage, discrimination.

In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay.

Trial and Error traces the coverage or lack thereof, of evolution in textbooks used in American public schools from the mid-1800s to the present.

The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose, more than 40 million people without health insurance.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping.

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Today, American mental health law and policy promote the restoring of "e;law and order"e; in the community rather than protecting civil liberties for the individual.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

Since its first publication in 1996, Ethics and Epidemiology has been an invaluable resource for practicing public health professionals and MPH students around the world.

Since its first publication in 1996, Ethics and Epidemiology has been an invaluable resource for practicing public health professionals and MPH students around the world.

This is a book for an extraordinary time, about a pandemic for which there is no modern precedent.

This is a book for an extraordinary time, about a pandemic for which there is no modern precedent.

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-that promise to fundamentally shape American politics for years to come.

Human rights are essential to global health, yet rising threats in an increasingly divided world are challenging the progressive evolution of health-related human rights.

Human rights are essential to global health, yet rising threats in an increasingly divided world are challenging the progressive evolution of health-related human rights.

From public health luminary Nancy Krieger comes a revolutionary way of addressing health justice and the embodied truths of lived experience.

From public health luminary Nancy Krieger comes a revolutionary way of addressing health justice and the embodied truths of lived experience.

Every day across America, consumers face issues with credit cards, mortgages, car loans, and student loans.

Every day across America, consumers face issues with credit cards, mortgages, car loans, and student loans.

The irreparable injury rule says that courts will not grant an equitable remedy to prevent harm if it would be adequate to let the harm happen and grant the legal remedy of money damages.

The cost of malpractice insurance to physicians has been increasing in recent years, as has the threat to physicians of being sued.

From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation.

In the mid 1980s, there was a crisis in the availability, affordability, and adequacy of liability insurance in the United States and Canada.

School desegregation and "e;forced"e; busing first brought people to the barricades during the 1960s and 1970s, and the idea continues to spark controversy today whenever it is proposed.

When it comes to race and racial issues these are strange times for all Americans.

"e;Equal Justice Under Law"e; is one of America's most proudly proclaimed and widely violated legal principles.

This book introduces readers to the concept of parental alienation (PA), a belief system that is used with increasing frequency in judicial child custody and parenting plan decisions.

Feldschreiber's comprehensive text on the science, regulatory policy and law surrounding new medicines and medical devices is a specialist reference for legal, medical, and pharmaceutical professionals: written by both legal and medical experts, it informs the scientifically lay lawyer of the biological science behind recent product innovations, whilst helping the legally lay researcher and developer of these products to understand the legal and regulatory framework encompassing them.