By Michelle Meyer The case I mentioned in my last post, Maine Department of Health and Human Services v. Kaci Hickox is no more. Hickox and public health officials agreed to stipulate to a final court order imposing on Hickox the terms that the court had imposed on her in an earlier, temporary order. Until…
Harvard College Effective Altruism presents: The Past, Present, and Future of Violence with Steven Pinker Monday, November 17th, 7 PM Science Center D RSVP here. Contact Harvard College Effective Altruism at harvardea@gmail.com.
Join us for an important public forum: Constitutional Implications of Ebola:Civil Liberties & Civil Rights In Times of Health Crises This public forum addresses the constitutional and public health implications of Ebola response in the United States. According to state and federal laws, patient information is deemed private and is to be held in strict…
By Christopher Robertson Do you know of a doctoral student or scholar who finished his or her last degree in 2009 or later, and who has produced excellent empirical research on the relation of law or legal practices to population health? If so, please consider submitting a nomination by December 10. It’s quick and easy.…
By Rachel Sachs The recent arrival of Ebola in the United States has captured the attention of both the public and the media for many reasons. One key reason is that Ebola is making many people realize for the first time that serious diseases which were formerly confined largely to developing countries have the potential to…
By: Michelle Mello, JD, PhDStanford Law School and Stanford University School of Medicine On November 4, Californians will vote on Proposition 46, a ballot initiative to adjust the $250,000 state’s noneconomic damages cap in medical malpractice cases for inflation, raising it to $1.1 million virtually overnight. It’s a long overdue move – California has one of the…
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By Arthur Caplan Over at Time, Art Caplan argues that “Nervous government officials who seem more interested in appearing tough rather than letting science actually defeat Ebola in the United States are misusing quarantine.” Read more here.
By Michelle Meyer [Author’s Note: Addendum and updates (latest: 4 pm, 10/31) added below.] A physician shall… be honest in all professional interactions, and strive to report physicians… engaging in fraud or deception, to appropriate entities.—AMA Principles of Medical Ethics This is a troubling series of news reports about deception and defiance on the part of some…
By David Orentlicher[Cross-posted at Health Law Profs and PrawfsBlawg.] Undoubtedly, the death toll in West Africa would be much lower if Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone had better health care systems or if an Ebola vaccine had been developed already. But as Fran Quigley has observed, Ebola is much more a problem of poverty than of health. Ebola…
