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Volume 9, Issue 1

ARTICLES

Social Justice and Health Care Management: An Elusive Quest
George P. Smith, II, J.D., LL.M., LL.D.

Offender Organ Transplants: Law, Ethics, Economics, and Health Policy
E. Bernadette McKinney, J.D., Ph.D., William J. Winslade, Ph.D., J.D., and T. Howard Stone, J.D., LL.M.

COMMENTS AND NOTES

Regulating Rogue Pharmacies Using RFID Tags, 2D Barcodes, and Biometrics
Sofia Bruera, J.D.

Just Say No?: Redefining the Foundation of Abstinence Education in the United States
Farnaz Faiaz, J.D.

Missing the Mark: The Public Health Exception to the HIPAA Privacy Rule and its Impact on Surveillance Activity
Andrea Wilson, J.D.


Volume 8, Issue 2

MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR CHILDREN/ADOLESCENTS SYMPOSIUM

Forward: Medical Decision Making for Children/Adolescents
Jennifer L. Rosato, J.D.

Growth Attenuation, Parental Choice, and the Rights of Disabled Children: Lessons from the Ashley X Case
Alicia R. Ouellette, J.D.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Parental Preferences: Beyond Deadly Disease
Susannah Baruch, J.D.

Leaving No Child Behind? Abigail Alliance, Pediatric Products and Off-label Use
Ralph F. Hall, J.D. and Tracy A. Braun, J.D.

Keeping Children's Secrets: Confidentiality in the Physician-Patient Relationship
Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D. and Courtenay R. Bruce, J.D.


Volume 8, Issue 1

ARTICLES

Ethical and Legal Oversight of Human Subjects Research in Emerging Infections and Biodefense Research in Emerging Infections and Biodefense Research: A Review of Recent Changes and Call for Policy Reform
Maureen C. Kelley, Ph.D. & Samuel J. Tilden, M.D., J.D., LL.M.

Dying to be a Father: Legal Paternity in Cases of Posthumous Conception
Ruth Zafran, LLB., LL.D.

COMMENTS AND NOTES

Promoting Off-Label in Pursuit of Profit: An Examination of a Fraudulent Business Model
George S. Craft, Jr.

Childhood Neglect and Its Effects on Neurodevelopment: Suggestions for Future Law and Policy
Rachael Kelly

Embryo Banking as a Novel Option for the Infertile?  Law, Policy, and a Proposed Model Act
Jeffery T. Wise


Volume 7, Issue 2

ANTITRUST AND HEALTH CARE SYMPOSIUM

Introduction: Antitrust and Health Care
Darren Bush, J.D., Ph.D.

Thirty Years of Solicitude: Antitrust Law and Physician Cartels
Thomas L. Greaney, J.D.

The Architecture of Health Care Markets: Economic Sociology and Antitrust Law
Peter J. Hammer, J.D., Ph.D.

Hospital Mergers in an Era of Quality Improvement
Kristen Madison, J.D., Ph.D.

The Nursing Shortage, Wage-Information Sharing Among Competing Hospitals, and the Antitrust Laws: The Nurse Wages Antitrust Litigation
Jeff Miles, J.D.

Pharmaceutical Reformulation: The Growth of Life Cycle Management
Rebecca S. Yoshitani, J.D. and Ellen S. Cooper, J.D., LL.M.


Volume 7, Issue 1

ARTICLES

Functional Magnetic Reasonance Imaging Lie Detection: Is a "Brainstorm" Heading Toward the "Gatekeeper"?
Archie Alexander, M.D., J.D., LL.M.

ESSAYS

The Ethics of DNR Orders as to Neonatal & Pediatric Patients: The Ethical Dimensions of Communication
Daniel S. Goldberg, J.D.

COMMENTS AND NOTES

In the War on Prescription Drug Abuse, E-Pharmacies are Making Doctor Shopping Irrelevant
Amy L. Caldwell, J.D.

Women and the FDA: Remedying the Past and Preserving the Future
Christina Cole, J.D.

The "Catch 22" of Xenotransplantation: Compelling Compliance with Long-Term Surveillance
Jocelyn A. Holland, J.D.

Volume 6, Issue 2

ARTICLES

Foreword: The Role of Religion in Health Law & Policy
William J. Winslande, Ph.D., J.D., and Ronald A. Carson, Ph.D.

New Terms for an Old Debate: Embryos, Dying, and the "Culture Wars"
Janet L. Dolgin, Ph.D., J.D.

The Puzzle of IVF
Dena S. Davis, J.D., Ph.D.

Conscience and Emergency Contraception
Leslie C. Griffin, J.D., Ph.D.

The Role of Religion in the Schiavo Controversy
Barbara A. Noah, J.D.

Does Mission Matter?
Lawrence E. Singer, M.H.S.A., J.D.

Volume 6, Issue 1

ARTICLES

Private Health Insurance in the United States: A Proposal for a More Functional System
Laura D. Hermer, J.D., LL.M.

Revisiting Employer Prescription Drug Plans for Medicare-Eligible Retirees in the Medicare Part D Era
Susan E. Cancelosi, J.D., LL.M.

Dual Purpose Bioterrorism Investigations in Law Enforcement and Public Health Protection: How to Make Them Work Consistent with the Rule of Law
Victoria Sutton, M.P.A., Ph.D., J.D.

COMMENTS AND NOTES

Aetna v. Davila: From Patient-Centered Care to Plan-Centered Care, A Signpost or the End of the Road?
Margaret Cyr-Provost

The Specialty Hospital Debate: The Difficulty of Promoting Fair CompetitionWithout Stifling Efficiency
David N. Heard, Jr.

Volume 5, Issue 2

THE MASS MEDIA’S INFLUENCE ON HEALTH LAW AND POLICY SYMPOSIUM

Foreward: The Mass Media's Influence on Health Law and Policy
Ross Silverman, J.D., M.P.H.

The Media, Public Perceptions & Health, and Health Policy
David Mechanic, Ph.D.

Popular Media, Biotechnology, and the "Circle of Hype"
Timothy Caufield, LL.B., LL.M.

The Health Insurance Industry and the Media: Why the Insurers Aren't Always Wrong
Peter D. Jacobson, J.D., M.P.H. and Shannon Brownlee

Telling Stories About Health Insurance: Using New Films in the Classroom
Elizabeth A. Pendo, J.D.

Using Film as a Teaching Tool in a Mental Heal Law Seminar
Timothy S. Hall, J.D.

Volume 5, Issue 1

ARTICLE

Re-arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic: Why the Incarceration of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Violates Public Health, Ethical, and Constitutional Principles and Therefore Cannot Be Made Right by Piecemeal Changes to the Insanity Defense
Jennifer S. Bard

COMMENTS AND NOTES

At Their Mercy: Why the Protection of Our Most Personal Privacy Interests Should Not Be Placed Solely in the Hands of Health Care Facilities
Lily Alves

Looking Beyond the Easy Fix and Delving into the Roots of the Real Medical Malpractice Crisis
Alec Shelby Bayer

The Immigration HIV Exclusion: An Ineffective Means for Promoting Public Health in a Global Age
April Thompson


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PREDICTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES SYMPOSIUM

Forward: Predictive Health Technologies

By Gail Javitt, J.D., M.P.H.

Personalized Medicine and Toxic Exposure
By Jennifer Girod, J.D., Ph.D., Andrew R. Klein, J.D.

Public Health Law for a Brave New World
Book Review:  Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint
By Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, J.D.

Genetic Testing for Autism Predisposition: Ethical, Legal, and Social Challenges
By Gary E. Marchant, J.D., Ph.D., Jason S. Robert, Ph.D.

New "Home Brew" Predictive Genetic Tests Present Significant Regulatory Problems
By Bruce Patsner, M.D., J.D.

The Warfarin Revised Package Insert: Is the Information in the Label "Too Thin"?
By Mollie Roth, J.D.