A rich academic literature exists about issues of informed consent in medical care, and, to a
lesser extent, about a variety of issues posed by human experimentation. Most …

This line of reasoning—focusing on human capability—contrasts with the idea that health
care is special because of its impact on equality of opportunity. 6 It also differs from the …

The Politics of Law is the most widely read critique of the nature and role of the law in
American society. This revised edition continues the book's concrete focus on the major …

[Assumptions about quality in health care and its defense] are rooted in the past, a past in
which the doctor ruled. Strangely, those assumptions have survived the revolutions that now …

Expert authors present an up-to-date overview of health law as it affects the professionals,
institutions, and entities that deliver and finance health care in the United States. Considers …

Since its enactment in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)'has dominated
discussions of disability law in the legal academy. Literally volumes of work have been …

Scholars have long noted that the field of health care law lacks cohesion. They speak in
terms of the" pathologies" of health law, or its contradictory and competing" paradigms," …

Efforts to reform the American health care system through direct government action have
failed repeatedly. Nonetheless, an alternative strategy has emerged from these experiences …

The persistent riddle of health-care policy is how to control the costs while improving the
quality of care. The riddle's oncepromising answer-managed care-has been politically …

Few groups confront as many barriers to healthcare as transgender patients.'Transgender
individuals are frequently denied access to health services because of their gender identity …