Health Law
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Books
JACOB, the Library's catalog, can be used to locate additional print and online materials on health law issues.
Constitutional Contagion by 
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Explores the history of public health laws, the nature of liberty and individual rights, and the forces that make a nation more or less vulnerable to contagion.
Essentials of Health Policy and Law, 5th ed. by 
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Provides an introduction to U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied.
The Law of Healthcare Administration, 9th ed. by 
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Discusses the history of law and medicine, access to healthcare rights and responsibilities, reproduction and birth, and organization and management of a corporate healthcare institution.
Looking Through the Speculum: Examining the Women's Health Movement by - This link opens in a new window
Examines the emergence, development, travails, and successes of the women's health movement in the United States.
The Oxford Handbook of U. S. Health Law by - This link opens in a new window
Discusses major features of American healthcare law and policy, its recent reforms including the Affordable Care Act, its relationship to medical ethics and constitutional principles, and how it compares to the experience of other countries.
Public Health Law in Practice by - This link opens in a new window
Section I discusses the U.S. government’s authorities and limitations on those authorities. Section II describes public health agencies and their responsibilities. Section III discusses specific topics in public health law.
Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion by - This link opens in a new window
Legal scholars comment on the Court’s decision in Dobbs, its impact on the legal landscape, and its significance to American culture and history.
States of Health: The Ethics and Consequences of Policy Variation in a Federal System by - This link opens in a new window
Explores whether authority over important aspects of health is misaligned in the U.S. today, with some matters problematically left to the states and others problematically taken over by the federal government.
Treatises
Written by legal scholars and practitioners, treatises provide current, in-depth analysis and commentary on an area of health law. Search JACOB, the Library's catalog, to locate treatises which discuss health law and related issues. For example:
- Treatise on Health Care Law
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- Health Care Law Sourcebook
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- Health Care Law: A Practical Guide, Second Edition
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- Health Care Reform: Law and Practice
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- Health Law Practice Guide
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- Federal Health Care Discrimination Law
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PLI Plus
PLI Plus is the Practising Law Institute's eBook platform for its course handbooks, treatises, answer books, legal forms, and program transcripts.
- PLI Plus: Health Care
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Government Reports
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Reports
CBO prepares projections of federal health care spending under current law and analyzes proposals that would change federal health care policies.
- Health Care
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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports
GAO provides Congress, the heads of executive agencies, and the public with timely, fact-based, non-partisan information that can be used to improve the management of government programs.
- Health Care
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