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Health Law (health + law)
Kinds of Health Law Selected AbstractsGlobalization and Health: Challenges for Health Law and Bioethics , By Belinda Bennett & George TomossyDEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS, Issue 3 2007BERNARD DICKENS No abstract is available for this article. [source] Recent Developments in Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 3 2009Carmel Shachar First page of article [source] Recent Developments in Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 1 2009Ching Ping Ang First page of article [source] Training Individuals in Public Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2008Jason A. Smith Effective training in public health law depends on properly targeting materials and programs. There are significant differences in training and practice between public health and law. Current efforts targeting individuals fail to recognize these foundational differences. Recommendations are made for future action. [source] Recent Developments in Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2 2008Paul Bailin First page of article [source] Recent Developments in Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 3 2007Renee Gerber No abstract is available for this article. [source] Recent Developments in Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 3 2002Article first published online: 24 JAN 200 First page of article [source] A Globalized Theory of Public Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2 2002David P. Fidler First page of article [source] Peay: Decisions and Dilemmas: Working with Mental Health LawTHE MODERN LAW REVIEW, Issue 5 2004Judy Laing No abstract is available for this article. [source] Violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders in JapanCRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL HEALTH, Issue 3 2007Kazuo Yoshikawa Background,A new forensic mental health law was enacted in Japan in 2003, enabling development of specialist services. Before their establishment, it is important to determine the nature, frequency and correlates of the problems they are designed to ameliorate. Aims,To establish rates of violent recidivism among mentally disordered offenders before the new legislation, and examine associated risk factors. Method,Data were extracted from one complete annual (1980) national cohort of people judged by the Court or prosecutor to be without responsibility for a criminal offence, or of sufficiently diminished responsibility for it to be diverted for psychiatric treatment. The outcome measure was violent recidivism after community discharge and before 1991. Results,Fifty-two (10%) of 489 in the cohort were arrested or convicted of further violent offences. Violent recidivism was most strongly associated with a substance-related disorder, but histories of violence, homelessness and short index admissions were independently related. Conclusions,Violent recidivism was so unusual that, on this outcome, it could take many years to show any effect of the new service. Desistance from substance use, compliance with treatment and maintenance of stable housing may be better indicators of success, and their achievement a good preventive strategy. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Mental health law,a practical guide.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, Issue 6 2006Basant K. Puri, Heather J. McKee, Ian H. Treasaden., Robert A. Brown No abstract is available for this article. [source] Duly Authorized Officers' practices under mental health law in New Zealand: Are nurses meeting the requirements of the law?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 4 2009Brian McKenna ABSTRACT The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act (1992) introduced a number of statutory roles that are undertaken by mental health nurses. One of these roles is that of Duly Authorized Officer (DAO). The DAO is responsible for the procedural requirements necessary to facilitate compulsory assessment. Under Section 9(2)(d), the DAO is required to ensure that the purpose of the assessment and the requirements of the notice of assessment are explained to the person in the presence of a member of their family, a caregiver, or other person concerned with the welfare of the person. Three recent High Court decisions under the Habeas Corpus Act 2001 have challenged existing DAO practices in arranging the presence of a third party. This paper presents research, which focuses on unravelling some of the complexities associated with meeting this procedural requirement. It illustrates these complexities through a discussion of the results of an audit of files and three focus groups with mental health nurses who practise as DAO. The paper concludes that national guidelines for practice need to be developed for DAO to assist mental health nurses in meeting this statutory requirement. [source] Expanding roles within mental health legislation: an opportunity for professional growth or a missed opportunity?JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 6 2007J. HURLEY msc nursing This paper aims to highlight both the necessity, and the way forward for mental health nursing to integrate proposed legislative roles into practice. Argued is that community mental health nursing, historically absent from active participation within mental health law in the UK, is faced with new and demanding roles under proposed changes to the 1983 Mental Health Act of England and Wales. While supporting multidisciplinary training for such roles, the imperative of incorporating nursing specific values into consequent training programs is addressed through the offered educative framework. This framework explores the issues of power, ethics, legislative thematics and application to contemporary service structures. [source] The role of second health professionals under New Zealand mental health legislationJOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 3 2006A. J. O'BRIEN rgn rpn ba mphil The development of generic statutory roles in mental health care has been the subject of discussion by New Zealand nurses for the past decade. One such role is that of second health professional in judicial reviews of civil commitment. Issues identified by New Zealand nurses have also been raised in England, where it seems that nurses are likely to assume the role of Approved Mental Health Worker under English mental health law. A survey of mental health nurses found that few had received any preparation for the role of second health professional and 45% did not feel adequately prepared for the role. Some of these issues are reflected in a New Zealand inquiry which resulted in the Ministry of Health developing a written report form for second health professionals. However, the form has the potential to reduce the mental health nursing role to a narrow legal role. Statutory roles such as that of second health professional challenge mental health nurses to critically reflect on the conceptual and ethical basis of their practice. While traditional concepts such as therapeutic relationships and advocacy need to be reviewed in light of these changes, nurses need to be vigilant in articulating the moral and clinical basis of their roles. The development of guidelines for he second health professional role is suggested as a way of supporting clinical practice in this area. [source] Law, health and the European UnionLEGAL STUDIES, Issue 2 2005Tamara K Hervey How does the European Union (EU) affect health law in its member states.? Having defined ,health law', this article takes a multilevel governance perspective of the EU und its legal order, aid considers, through selected examples, the various modes of governance used by the EU applicable in the health law field. The article presents N spectrum of the different types of effect that the EU has on health law: strong effect from health-specific measures; strong effect from general measures; marginal effect; slow convergence effect; little prospect for effect. [source] Enhancing Public Health Law Communication LinkagesTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2008Ross D. Silverman Although interest in the field of public health law has dramatically increased over the past two decades, there remain significant challenges in communicating and sharing public health law-related knowledge. Access to quality information, which may assist in a public health department's efforts to protect the public's health, welfare, and safety, varies widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and interjurisdictional communication remains at best a patchwork quilt with many holes. What follows is an analysis of several approaches the Public Health Law Association or other public health law-related organizations might undertake to serve as a conduit for the identification, gathering, and dissemination of extant public health law information, as well as the development of new public health law-related content, with a particular focus on the use of electronic means for such efforts. [source] Training Individuals in Public Health LawTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2008Jason A. Smith Effective training in public health law depends on properly targeting materials and programs. There are significant differences in training and practice between public health and law. Current efforts targeting individuals fail to recognize these foundational differences. Recommendations are made for future action. [source] Public Health Ethics: The Voices of PractitionersTHE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS, Issue 2003Ruth Gaare Bernheim ABSTRACT Public health ethics is emerging as a new field of inquiry, distinct not only from public health law, but also from traditional medical ethics and research ethics. Public health professional and scholarly attention is focusing on ways that ethical analysis and a new public health code of ethics can be a resource for health professionals working in the field. This article provides a preliminary exploration of the ethical issues faced by public health professionals in day-to-day practice and of the type of ethics education and support they believe may be helpful. [source] Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: A Framework for Public Health Law ResearchTHE MILBANK QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2010SCOTT BURRIS Context: Public health law has received considerable attention in recent years and has become an essential field in public health. Public health law research, however, has received less attention. Methods: Expert commentary. Findings: This article explores public health law research, defined as the scientific study of the relation of law and legal practices to population health. The article offers a logic model of public health law research and a typology of approaches to studying the effects of law on public health. Research on the content and prevalence of public health laws, processes of adopting and implementing laws, and the extent to which and mechanisms through which law affects health outcomes can use methods drawn from epidemiology, economics, sociology, and other disciplines. The maturation of public health law research as a field depends on methodological rigor, adequate research funding, access to appropriate data sources, and policymakers' use of research findings. Conclusions: Public health law research is a young field but holds great promise for supporting evidence-based policymaking that will improve population health. [source] Legal issues in maximum security institutions for people with mental illness: liberty, security, and administrative discretionBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW, Issue 5 2002John Petrila J.D., LL.M. This article explores four legal issues relevant to the provision of care in secure hospitals. These include the current status of right to treatment litigation; the potential impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act; new developments in laws governing restraint and seclusion; and the need for uniform institutional policies on risk assessment. These issues illustrate the potential conflicts between individual autonomy and institutional control that have been at the heart of mental health law for three decades. The article suggests that because of the diminishing oversight provided by the federal judiciary, institutional custodians have a particular obligation to ensure that individual rights are not overwhelmed by concerns with security. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Law, health and the European UnionLEGAL STUDIES, Issue 2 2005Tamara K Hervey How does the European Union (EU) affect health law in its member states.? Having defined ,health law', this article takes a multilevel governance perspective of the EU und its legal order, aid considers, through selected examples, the various modes of governance used by the EU applicable in the health law field. The article presents N spectrum of the different types of effect that the EU has on health law: strong effect from health-specific measures; strong effect from general measures; marginal effect; slow convergence effect; little prospect for effect. [source] Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: A Framework for Public Health Law ResearchTHE MILBANK QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2010SCOTT BURRIS Context: Public health law has received considerable attention in recent years and has become an essential field in public health. Public health law research, however, has received less attention. Methods: Expert commentary. Findings: This article explores public health law research, defined as the scientific study of the relation of law and legal practices to population health. The article offers a logic model of public health law research and a typology of approaches to studying the effects of law on public health. Research on the content and prevalence of public health laws, processes of adopting and implementing laws, and the extent to which and mechanisms through which law affects health outcomes can use methods drawn from epidemiology, economics, sociology, and other disciplines. The maturation of public health law research as a field depends on methodological rigor, adequate research funding, access to appropriate data sources, and policymakers' use of research findings. Conclusions: Public health law research is a young field but holds great promise for supporting evidence-based policymaking that will improve population health. [source] | ||||||||||||||||