Practice Resources
These resources are aimed specifically toward practitioners and other professionals in aging. This Administration is a nationwide network of State and Area Agencies on Aging that plan, develop and support comprehensive in-home and community services that allow the elderly to assert their rights. Find age program resources, statistics on older people, policy research, Medicare reform and much more.
Explore legal issues surrounding long-term care, surrogate decision-making, individual rights, guardianship, housing, social security, elder abuse, and other issues relating to the elderly. This multidisciplinary commission provides the latest news regarding elder law, links to related Web sites, semiannual reports, legislative updates and relevant publications.
This is the place to come for the latest news in the health law industry! Find online health law related articles, CLE programs, legislative updates, job opportunities and many other ABA approved health law related links. To read some publications distributed by the ABA Health Law Section, a low annual membership is required.
Research the many areas in which psychiatry is applied to legal issues and where the mental health and legal system overlap. AAPL, an organization of forensic psychiatrists based out of Emory University, facilitates the exchange of ideas and practical clinical experience, publishes newsletters and journals and sponsors continuing education programs for legal professionals. Many articles or abstracts can be viewed online but retrieval of full content requires membership.
ACHE, a multidisciplinary group of international professionals in the health care field, is known for its prestigious credentialing and educational programs. ACHE holds an annual Congress on Healthcare Management and publishes the Journal of Healthcare Management and Healthcare Executive Magazine. ACHE also lists job resources, public policy programs and provides immediate coverage on groundbreaking research. Educational seminars can be found on their site as well as how to subscribe to their publications.
Governed by 36 health law attorneys, AHLA is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field. Obtain information on all the products and services offered by AHLA, including publications and educational programs, current online news and news analysis, online job banks, press releases and many health law-related Web sites. Some publications are available in their full content online but others require subscription.
The AMA is the nation's leader in promoting professionalism in medicine and setting standards for medical education, practice, and ethics. This site allows users to retrieve full-text articles from The Journal of the American Medical Association, search through a database of physicians that is searchable by name, specialty, and location, and access Health Insight, a health information site for consumers. The legal professional section of the site provides resources for lawyers regarding ethical decisions making in the medical field, practice tools, advocacy tools, news and events and other legal resources.
Within this site you will find information on ASLME’s two nationally acclaimed peer reviewed journals, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics and The American Journal of Law & Medicine. With free Web membership, users can view many articles online, register for ASLME’s educational conferences, browse and connect to relevant links, search their job bank and view the news section which offers timely information on recent developments in law, medicine and ethics.
Search articles relating to governmental affairs and their influence on the nursing community. This site is targeted toward perioperative registered nurses. View relevant laws, regulations and legislation, use AORN’s list of links for sites relating to research, nursing and other medically related topics or simply read AORN’s journal columns for the latest news in this field.
Though the Maine Department of Human Services sponsors this site, it is an exceptional resource for health professionals in every state. Find updated links to information on many programs and policies related to aging, including patient rights, advance directives, adult guardianship, nursing homes, assisted living and much more.
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network is a community-based, charitable organization that aims to encourage educational, legal and ethical analysis, and policy development within the HIV/AIDS field of study. Find accurate and up-to-date information and analysis on international legal, ethical, and policy issues related to HIV/AIDS, including publications, ongoing projects, resourceful links and much more.
CHA is a union of more than 2,000 Catholic health care sponsors, systems, facilities, and related organizations brought together to advocate for a “just” health care system and call together leaders to share ideas on critical health care issues. Read current and past issues of CHA’s bimonthly journal, newspaper and newsletter and daily briefings on health care politics and legislation online for free!
A multi-disciplinary center based out of the University of Buffalo, the Center promotes the development of analysis and research on issues relating to clinical ethics, and the intersection of the humanities and health care. The Center’s monthly publication, Center Newsletter, is available online, as well as cases with important implications for bioethics.
Created at Michigan State University, the Center is a great place to start your research regarding health care and science. The Center publishes Research Integrity, a semi-annual newsletter relating to health, science, technology and cultural diversity, which can be accessed online in its entirety.
Access quality health care information from this nonprofit organization that, in addition to providing direct service programs, conducts research, advocates policy reform for the oversight and monitoring of managed care, and publishes reports on health consumer issues. Some of their publications can be viewed online in PDF format. Use their consumer action guide index, to find useful information such as determining your appeal rights and how to appeal your health care plan and links to hundreds of other legal and health care resources.
Maintained by the Saint Louis University School of Law’s faculty, the Center publishes multiple health law periodicals, including The Journal of Health Law and the official journal of the American Health Lawyers Association. The Center continually researches cutting-edge issues in the areas of antitrust, eHealth, elder law, disability law and bioethics. Users can find the latest news stories, access the quarterly Law Journal online and find tips on researching health law on the Web.
This nonprofit educational resource and library aims to provide information regarding circumcision and the choices that come along with it. This site has a large number of resources and links, and addresses other topics including the rights of the child, religious issues and much more. Find medical and historical articles, wrongful and malpractice circumcision cases, technical material and statistics and a collection of information suitable for parents and educators.
This is the place to find all the information and resources needed for health law research! Access the Association’s periodic newsletter online and find hundreds of useful links in the health law field that are organized by subject including: court decisions, government health statistics, patient and consumer information, physician information, background physician information, statutes and regulations, trade associations and U.S. government sites.
This site is maintained by Michael Schwartz, a California attorney specializing in elder law. Find remedies, cases and relevant state and federal laws on elder law, nursing homes, fiduciaries, consumer protection and other relevant issues.
Maintained by The Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO!), a nonprofit educational corporation, this site provides in-depth background research of euthanasia. ERGO! researches, develops and publishes ethical, psychological and legal guidelines for patients, physicians and other similar organizations. Users of this site can research laws and court cases concerning euthanasia, read the latest news stories and browse the glossary of terms commonly used in this field.
This site provides behind the scenes information on the food and drug industry and their involvement in current issues.
Developed by Harold J. Bursztajn, M.D., co-Director of the Program in Psychiatry & the Law and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, this site is all you need to find out everything on expert testimony. Find out how an objective medical/psychiatric opinion is formed and who can benefit from the use of such opinion. Also find information on managed health care and malpractice, employment issues, emotional and physical damages, court rulings on expert testimony, and other psychiatry, medical and legal resources.
HARP is a great resource for anyone wishing to establish the liability of HMOs, managed health care organizations, nursing facilities and other medical centers for acts of negligence and other wrongdoing. Find links to pertinent sections of the federal law, relevant cases, and other helpful sites on theories of liability. Resources are grouped by category and include, theories of organized liability, structural obstacles to a trial on the merits, sources of the law, fighting a denial, consumer resources, physician deselection, recent and pending legislation and a listserve.
A list of updates and newsletters by topic area and has some quality information in the health law area. The articles are written by Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn LLP attorneys and are written several times a year.
Articles written by attorneys at Alston & Bird LLP that are searchable by practice area or keyword. The firm publishes about fifteen articles in the health law area alone every year and the articles are very resourceful.
This Web site is dedicated to teaching attorneys proven techniques to quickly and easily organize a medical chart before sending it to a consulting medical expert.
A virtual magazine from the Electronic Policy Network (EPN), a group of public policy organizations and advocacy groups providing timely information and leading ideas about policies and politics. Read the latest columns and editorials from policy debate leaders, look through EPN reviews on health care policy and find health policy links in areas including general health and medicine, national and state health policy, public health, consumer health, quality improvement and health information technology.
This eLibrary, formerly the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library provided to the public courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel, provides hundreds of alphabetized links to state and federal laws regarding health and safety.
This multidisciplinary publication published bimonthly by Duke University Press addresses a variety of issues related to health law. The site provides abstracts but subscription is necessary to view the Journal in its full composition.
Journal published annually by The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics addressing issues affecting the practice of medicine. Journal issues feature articles, updates on significant legal decisions and policy developments affecting health care, the latest information on research projects and book reviews. Summaries are provided online but subscription is required to read the Journal in its full context.
Published monthly, this Newsletter was developed by an attorney/nurse to reduce nurses’ fear of the law and litigation. The Newsletter highlights the law that pertains directly to nursing, addresses the latest developments in the health law area, and spotlights the latest U.S. court decisions and new Federal regulations affecting hospitals, nursing facilities, extended care nursing centers and home health agencies. The majority of the articles can be read individually online through a topical index but to read the full monthly Newsletters requires subscription.
LINC, a nonprofit community-based organization maintained by the University of Richmond Law School, provides counseling, legal representation and educational materials to those suffering from cancer or those who know someone with cancer. LINC’s network of volunteer attorneys and other professionals help cancer patients understand the complexities of health insurance coverage, secure disability benefits, arrange for care and custody of children, forestall debt collection efforts, and plan for the future by drafting wills, powers of attorney and advance medical directives.
This is the place to find direct access to extremely relevant and reliable resources! LII, a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School, is an ongoing research program and works with individual online collections to bring the most relevant resources on the Internet to one place. LII is broken down into categories including, but not limited to, health, Medicare, Medicaid, mental health and food and drug and within each category you will find resources such as federal material, state material, and other key resources on the Internet.
Source of reference for academics, lawyers, legal and medical practitioners, law students and anyone interested in health care and the law. The Review, published by Oxford University Press, contains articles, two commentary sections, and book reviews of relevant publications.
Medical Matrix is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet, of which each has been reviewed from a panel of physicians and medical librarians. Registration to use the site is free and users will also have the opportunity to receive email updates of What's New on Medical Matrix. Links, which are continuously updated, include news, journals, patient information, online courses and more.
Medscape.com offers health professionals quality medical health information and educational resources. Users can access various resources, based on their interests or needs, from the latest daily medical news, to medical conference recaps, financial information, clinical updates, medical texts, personal charts and an online library and community activities.
A service of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), MHLU trains and assists criminal defense attorneys regarding mental health issues that arise in the criminal justice context. Find recent cases of interest, links to legal advocacy and clinical Web sites, practice aids, a briefing bank, a civil litigation eNewsletter and much more.
This healthcare business weekly eMagazine provides daily news and archives on market research, data gathering and competitive analyses in the medical field. Users can search the last four issues for free. Major areas of coverage are finance, managed care, integrated delivery systems, physician issues, marketing, information systems, technology, politics, plus developments in Washington, state legislatures, regulatory agencies and the courts that affect healthcare providers.
Find more than 500 public resources on substance abuse prevention and treatment. Resources include the latest studies and surveys, guides, videocassettes, and other types of information from various agencies, such as the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The site is maintained by SAMHSA, the Federal agency working to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services relating to substance abuse and mental illnesses.
Since 1995, the National Elder Law Network (NELN) has been a source of dependable information on legal issues for seniors, their families, and advocates.
NHeLP, established in 1969, is a national public interest law firm aiming to improve health care for the poor, minorities, the elderly, people with disabilities and others in need and with few resources. Read the latest news headlines, use the latest research tools, browse hundreds of links, sign up for NHeLP’s free eNewsletter, locate legal resources in your community to represent your clients’ best interests and find out what is happening in other states and at the federal administrative level.
Find professional and public educational programs on health care law issues, read recommendations on health care law and policy and exchange ideas with other health law attorneys. The site’s resources include hundreds of health law links, a job bank, legislative reports and upcoming NYSBA health law events. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, legal issues relating to biotechnology, consumer/patient rights, health care providers, in-house counsel, and the structure and design of the health care system.
Sponsored by The New York State Department of Health, users can read about patients’ rights, including their rights as a hospital patient and funeral rights.
This free portal provides more than 4,000 links on topics including worldwide regulatory, clinical, toxicological, and other drug/device development-related issues. This site is useful for anyone in the health law related profession. RegSource.com provides regulatory information from agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Evaluation Agency, Canada's Health Protection Branch and other international regulatory bodies. Also find Federal Register notices indexed by subject area, current news, medical definitions and much more.
Risk is the official journal of RAPA, the Risk Assessment & Policy Association. The alphabetical list by title makes retrieval of articles, comments, books and essays simple.
Created by Goldfarb & Abrandt, a firm specializing in elder law, this Web site features valuable resources pertaining to elder law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled. Find searchable statutes and court decisions, an updated list of elder law attorneys with an Internet presence and much more.
Links to health organizations, federal health related laws and other health law sites, including general health, publishers, media and policy.
Maintained by The University of South Florida, this nationally recognized research and training center for mental health services provides online publications by subject area including, but not limited to, behavioral health care, ethics, homelessness, children, policy and quality of life. Also access the Institute’s journals and newsletters, recent news and events and training for professionals in the health care field.
Improve your understanding of the laws, regulations, procedures and policies affecting the development, approval, manufacture, promotion, and marketing of healthcare technology. FDLI, a nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization, publishes a peer-reviewed journal, bimonthly magazine and books, sponsors academic programs and provides a comprehensive set of resources related to healthcare technologies and food and drug law in both federal and state government agencies. The site also features an online directory of attorneys and technical experts.
Sponsored by The University of California San Francisco, this site is a central, organized source of information whose purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources relevant to tobacco control issues primarily in California. Resources include tools for tobacco document research, directories of tobacco farmers, contacting specific tobacco companies, and tobacco marketing strategies directed towards children.
This nonprofit organization, works on national, state, and local levels to supply information relating to eliminating legal barriers to timely and humane treatment for people with severe brain disorders who are not receiving appropriate medical care. Resources include a compilation of the most effective provisions of existing state treatment laws, articles on key issues impacting the legal rights of individuals with severe mental illnesses, charts of the most essential information about the assisted treatment standard in each state, text summaries of statutory assisted treatment standards organized state by state, and summaries of historic judicial decisions about assisted treatment.
