By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Q&A with Christopher Bonastia, PhD This is the first in a series of posts we will share during our research for our housing equity project. Have a suggestion for what we should read next? Let us know. In his 2006 book, Knocking on the Door: The…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Health equity in housing can be defined as the absence of disadvantage to individuals and communities in health outcomes, access to health and social services, and quality of health and social services based on a person’s dwelling or neighborhood. Lack of housing access, poor housing conditions,…
By Jonathan Larsen, JD, MPP and Adrienne R. Ghorashi, Esq. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first biosimilar for use in the United States in March 2015. The approval came after several years of regulatory process development authorized by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation (BPCI) Act of 2009, a component of…
By John Tingle The CQC (The Care Quality Commission) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure that health and social care services provided to people are safe, effective, compassionate,…
By John Tingle Our children are our future and we need to look after them well. There is however a lot of evidence to suggest that we are failing our children in a number of key health areas. UNICEF in a report put the UK in 16th position – below Slovenia, the Czech Republic and…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Medical personnel are trained to “first do no harm.” In end-of-life treatment, that simple directive can be difficult to interpret, and the legal landscape has evolved in the United States over the past 25 years. In 1990, the US Supreme Court ruled that physicians and other…
By John Tingle Today consumerism is an essential part of the fabric of British society and complaint systems are heralded in many retail and professional environments. The British public have got used to complaining over the years and this attitude has seeped into the provision of health care services. Records levels of complaints about the…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 6.4 million US children 4-17 years old have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The percentage of US children diagnosed with ADHD has increased by 3-5 percent per year since the 1990s. Relatedly, the percentage…
By John Tingle There is a clear need for those charged with patient safety policy making to prepare for the future and to take account of emerging trends. This would be so in any commercial or professional organisation. These issues were addressed in the context of patient safety at the recent,Patient Safety Global Action Summit…
By Timo Minssen I am happy to announce that on April 20th the New York attorney Robert M. Schwartz and I have filed an amicus brief at the US Supreme Court with Berkeley-based Andrew J. Dhuey as Counsel of Record. The brief, which was signed by 10 prominent European and Australian Law Professors as amici curiae, adds a…
