For Health and Happiness, Renters Should Be Allowed to Have Pets
Pet ownership and its health benefits are much more difficult to access for a class of people who are already disenfranchised economically and politically.
Mental Health
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Read more: Regulating Out of the Social Media Health Crisis Regulating Out of the Social Media Health Crisis
Social media poses an active health threat to many of its users, in a way that is akin to other regulated substances.
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Read more: The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine
Despite its salubrious aim, stigma, shame, and fear often are attached to the use of preventative care.
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Read more: Beyond Parity in Mental Health Coverage Beyond Parity in Mental Health Coverage
The parity framework has proven less adept at rooting out more subtle forms of disparities in mental health coverage restrictions.
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Read more: The Import of the UNCRPD and Disability Justice for Pandemic Preparedness and Response The Import of the UNCRPD and Disability Justice for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
This commentary outlines three of the more important considerations for international pandemic lawmaking with respect to people with disabilities.
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Read more: The Centrality of Social Movements in Addressing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic The Centrality of Social Movements in Addressing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Our research shows that social movement activism is an integral part of service delivery for sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence.
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Read more: How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights How Adult Guardianship Law Fails to Protect Contraceptive Decision-Making Rights
Reform is needed to address the restrictions on reproductive decision-making rights that adults under guardianship currently face.
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Read more: LGBTQ Health Equity and Health Justice LGBTQ Health Equity and Health Justice
The health justice framework, with its emphasis on systems-level transformation, must guide work in the area of LGBTQ health equity.
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Read more: Legal Capacity and Persons with Disabilities’ Struggle to Reclaim Control over Their Lives Legal Capacity and Persons with Disabilities’ Struggle to Reclaim Control over Their Lives
Persons with disabilities face an ongoing struggle to reclaim power and control over their lives.
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Read more: There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function There’s More to Decision-Making Capacity than Cognitive Function
The doctrine of capacity is vague, normatively and medically challenging, and inconsistently applied.