| HEALTH LAW GUIDE
Books, Treatises, and Looseleaf
These are a collection of treatises, looseleaf, and books covering topics on health law. They are incredibly useful for getting a reputable account of the current state of the law and cover a wide variety of topics pertaining to health law. Some are available in hard copy and some are available as electronic resources.
Most of the books pertaining to health law can be found on the 5th floor of the Law Library in section KF3821. Here are a few important health law treatises:
- Bender Treatise on Health Care Law, KF3821.T74 1996 & available on Lexis
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- Broken down by subject, easy to navigate, covers a wide variety of topics (if not all topics) that pertain to health care law
- Health Law Practice Guide, KF3821 .H435 2008 & available on WestlawNext
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- Broken down by subject, easy to navigate, covers a wide variety of topics (if not all topics) that pertain to health care law
- BNA Health Law Reporter
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- Available through the library website Research Databases page
- Law firms and attorneys specializing in health law use BNA to keep them up to date with the latest legal developments that influence the health care industry, including new cases, federal and state legislation, rules from federal regulators, and enforcement trends.
- Jerry Menikoff, Law and Bioethics: An Introduction, KF3821.M46 2001
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- Directed at readers who have little or no legal background. The book goes through several topics such as abortion, surrogacy, cloning, informed consent, malpractice, refusal of care, and organ transplantation distinguishing the legal issues from the ethical issues.
- Structured like a casebook, includes landmark cases in the field. Good for understanding core concepts.
- Barry D. Alexander, Fundamentals of Health Law, KF3821.F87 2008
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- An introduction to the basic issues of health law from the American Health Lawyers Association
- Geared towards practicing health lawyers for understanding fundamentals in their line of work.
- Chapters cover the topics of: Patient Care, Medicare, Fraud and Abuse, Tax-Exempt issues, Antitrust, Insurance Regulation, Hospital regulation, physician representation, long-term care and home car providers, bioethics, healthcare transactions and contracting.
- Includes a terminology section with explanations for commonly used terms in this area of law.
- Comes with CD-ROM
- Barry R. Furrow et al., Health Law, KF3821.H434 2000
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- Two volume practitioner treatise
- Comprehensive coverage of all current issues in health law
- Barry R. Furrow et al., The Law of Health Care Organization and Finance, Reserve KF3821.A7 L385 2008
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- Textbook format geared towards Health Law Survey courses.
- Covers institutional liability, health care financing and reform, and regulation of health care facilities and transactions. Good for a general overview of quality control, liability, healthcare coverage, ERISA, and tax exemption.
- Charles P. Kindregan, Jr. & Maureen McBrien, Assisted Reproductive Technology, A Lawyer’s Guide to emerging law and science, Law Reserve KF3830.K56 2011
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- A.B.A. publication discussing of all issues along with commentary and cases pertaining to this emerging area of health law
Journals
Written by academics and students alike, journal articles discuss the most current issues of health law. The journals listed are not an exhaustive list of those available in the field but are those most often cited. It is helpful to review recent reputable journal articles to get a feel for what hot topics in the field are and where the articles look for their resources for each topic. Most law journals are located on the seventh floor of the law library although the most recent volume is kept at the reserve desk.
- American Journal of Law and Medicine:
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- Issues contain professional articles and case notes on themes in health law and policy, on the legal, ethical, and economic aspects of medical practice, research, and education, and health law court decisions and book reviews.
- Available electronically on Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline
- Yale Journal of Health, Policy, Law, and Ethics:
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- Yale University. An interdisciplinary journal published by the schools of law, medicine, epidemiology, and public health, and nursing. Issues include health policy, health law, and biomedical ethics.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics:
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- From the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. A journal for peer reviewed articles.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- Annals of Health Law:
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- Loyola Chicago School of Law. Articles on general health law issues.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- Food and Drug Law Journal:
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- Food and Drug Law Institute. Articles reviewing actions of the FDA, FTC, and USDA, how the court interprets these actions and the reaction of industry.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- Journal of Health Care Law and Policy:
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- University of Maryland. Interdisciplinary journal discussing health law, medicine, and health policy.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy:
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- University of Houston Law Center. Combination of student and academic pieces.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, HeinOnline, and journal’s website
- Journal of Health and Biomedical Law:
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- Suffolk Law’s very own publication with pieces from students as well as academics.
- Available electronically on Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline
- New England Journal of Medicine
Westlaw and Lexis Sources*
These resources are limited to Suffolk Law School patrons who have an individual Westlaw or Lexis i.d. For free resources accessible to all please see the next section on Web Sources.
- Westlaw
On Westlaw, you can use the directory to navigate to subject specific resources. Once you click directory on the top of the page, choose "Topical Practice Areas." You will see many areas of law covered including "Health & Medicine." In this way, you can find primary and secondary resources devoted to health law.
- Lexis
On Lexis, you can also navigate to subject specific resources. From the main page, choose "Area of Law - By Topic ." You will see many areas of law covered including "Health Care." In this way, you can find primary and secondary resources devoted to health law on Lexis. Note that one resource on Lexis is a database devoted to Health Care Reform materials.
Web Sources
- Health Law Generally:
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- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Reform)
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- Federal Agencies/Public Health
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- State Law
- Global Health
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- Bioethics
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- Health Law and Technology
- Blogs: An excellent way to keep up to date with current health law issues as they occur. Written by lawyers and academics in a more colloquial manner than journal pieces, which makes understanding of this complex area of law easier.
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- HealthBlawg: Named one of the top 100 law blogs by the A.B.A. Written by health care lawyer who has over twenty years of experience in the field of health care law, both public and private.
- HealthLawProf Blog: Part of the law professor’s blog network. Professors in the health law field write the entries.
- Health Law Attorney Blog: Published by a firm that practices solely in health law matters.
- BlawgSearch: search engine to find blogs on pertinent legal topics
- News: A few websites that will cover recent news developments in the health law sector.
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