Health Law & Policy Institute
Cancer
and the Law: 1998
Introduction
This self-help
and resource guide is intended to assist people with cancer and cancer
survivors to better understand and deal with Texas and national legal
issues related to cancer. The guide addresses obtaining and retaining
insurance coverage, making insurance claims, health care decision-making,
and employment issues, together with a list of references and additional
resources.
The information
is current through August 1998. However, please note that health
law and government policy change rapidly in this area. Also, the
guide is not intended to offer individual legal advice, since appliction
of the law to particular facts is beyond the scope of any publication.
The Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston prepared this
guide under the direction of the Texas Cancer Council's Managed Care
Steering Committee, with funding provided by the council. The
committee was created in FY 1997 to identify program and policy initiatives
that should be supported by the council to enhance the availability
of cancer prevention and control services in a managed care environment.
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