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Editor’s Note Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Amirala S. Pasha
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 43, No. 1-2, 2023)
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Who Decides? State Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors in Tension with Parental Rights and Equal Protection Under the Law Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Cheryl L. Anderson
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 43, No. 1-2, 2023)
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2022–2023 Southern Illinois University National Health Law Moot Court Competition: Winning Brief Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Madelyn Chidester, Joshua Fojtik, Armon Mehrinfar
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 43, No. 1-2, 2023)
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Fitness to Drive: It is Time for Evidence-Based Consensus and Italian Guidelines for Medical Driving Assessment Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Francesco Chirico, Alessandro Ciprani, Sergio Garbarino, Gianluigi Oggionni, Nicola Magnavita
European Union (EU) and non-EU countries have adopted different medical procedures for the issuance and renewal of a driver’s license showing relevant matters of concern. In Europe, EU directives h...
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2022–2023 Southern Illinois University National Health Law Moot Court Competition Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Cheryl L. Anderson, Reyna Herrara, Caitlynne Dixon
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 43, No. 1-2, 2023)
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The Problem with Using Medical Boards to Regulate Misinformation Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Katherine Drabiak
Some stakeholders called on medical boards to sanction physicians for spreading misinformation during COVID-19 and discussing off-label medications. In 2022, California passed AB 2098, which classi...
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Medical Error Litigation in Nigeria: A Proposal for Change Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Chukwudi Victor Odoeme, Dennis Ugwuja, Chigozie Sergius Onah
Negligence actions are the most important and dynamic of all torts because they are the principal means of compensating victims of accidents, including medical errors. Unfortunately, victims of med...
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Procedural Sedation by Non-Anesthesiologists: A Review of Malpractice Litigation Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Ashley Eltorai
Abstract Introduction Medical professionals other than anesthesiologists at times administer sedation for procedures. The aim of this study is to identify the adverse events, and their root causes, resulting in medical malpractice litigation in the United States related to procedural sedation administration by non-anesthesiologists. Methods Cases containing the phrase “conscious sedation” were identified
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Editor’s Note Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Joseph D. Piorkowski Jr.
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 42, No. 1-2, 2022)
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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Challenge of Effective Regulation Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Sandra L. J. Johnson
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 42, No. 1-2, 2022)
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The Roberts Court 2021–2022: Dobbs and the Continuing Intersection of Law and Medicine Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 John M. Barkett
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 42, No. 1-2, 2022)
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Editor’s Note Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-13
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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DOJ Overreach: The Criminalization of Physicians Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Cathleen London
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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Life After Brain Death Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Katherine Schiller
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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A Values-Based Approach to Capacity Assessment Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Jacob M. Appel
Abstract The dominant approaches to assessing patients for decisional capacity in the clinical setting, the “four skills” and “sliding scale” models, emerged in the 1970s and 1980s against a backdrop of medical paternalism and reflect their origins in law and forensic psychiatry. They privilege rationality and require the ability to defend one’s decisions with knowledge and argument. Unfortunately
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The Medical and Legal Dual Degree: A Survey on Motivations, Time Commitment, Outcomes, and Value Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Sierra Murphy BA, BS, Lydia Wheeler BS, Elizabeth Valencia MD, JD
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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The Retention of Nevada Medical Graduates: A 6-Year Study Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Daniel K. Chan OMS-III, Weldon E. Havins MD, JD, LLM, FCLM
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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The Overestimated Risks of Bringing Medical–Legal Partnerships to Schools Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Tiffany Penner
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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First Filings and False Judgments: Is the First-to-File Rule Jurisdictional and Can a Medical Opinion be “False” Under the False Claims Act? Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Cheryl L. Anderson
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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2021–2022 Southern Illinois University National Health Law Moot Court Competition Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Cheryl L. Anderson, Schuyler Frashier, Abigael Schulz
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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In The Supreme Court of the United States: Docket No. 21-1967 Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Jacey DuBois, Lawson Hamilton
Published in Journal of Legal Medicine (Vol. 41, No. 3-4, 2021)
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Take Away from COVID-19 Outbreak: Enhancing Jails' and Prisons' Abilities in Response to a Future Pandemic. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Shuyu Zhong
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Public Health and Sex Work: Using History to Motivate Change. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Brittney M Welch
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Curbing a Stealth Health Threat: Regulation of Child-Directed "Stealth" Junk Food Marketing. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Ellen Smith Yost
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The History and Policy Evolution of Waivers of Informed Consent in Research. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Austin Connor Kassels,Jon F Merz
We examine the evolution of policies permitting exceptions to or waivers of informed consent for research in the United States. This review reveals that (1) exceptions to the duty to secure informed consent were originally quite narrow; (2) there were two alternative approaches to allowing research on human subjects without their prospective consent: (i) exceptions in which individual capacity to consent
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Dispelling Medico-Legal Misconceptions Impeding Use of Advance Instructions to Shorten Immersion in Deep Dementia. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Norman L Cantor
Progressive dementia afflicts millions of people, ultimately entailing precipitous mental decline and years of complete dependence on others. Many people deem the prospect of serious cognitive dysfunction, helplessness, and dependence to be intolerably degrading (as well as overly burdensome on others). To avoid being mired in prolonged dementia, they prefer to hasten death by advance instructions
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The Other Three Waves: Re-assessing the Impact of Industry-Prescriber Relations on the Opioid Crisis. Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-24 Jessica Bresler,Michael S Sinha
As the opioid crisis in the United States evolved, so did the relationship between prescribers and pharmaceutical companies that manufacture prescription opioids, with policymakers at both the state and national levels focused on the issue of prescription opioid misuse. This article discusses the role of the prescriber-pharmaceutical company relationship with respect to opioid over- and underprescribing
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Enact a Safe Firearm Storage Law to Reduce Suicides and Unintentional Deaths in Nevada Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Varchita Alishetti, Siri Magadi, Weldon Havins
(2021). Enact a Safe Firearm Storage Law to Reduce Suicides and Unintentional Deaths in Nevada. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 1-2.
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Proposal for Using Digital Tools in Mitigating a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Stephanie Bernardo, Kylie Zeng, Weldon Havins
(2021). Proposal for Using Digital Tools in Mitigating a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from COVID-19. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 3-4.
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Ethical and Legal Issues for Medical Professionals Using Social Media Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Moshe Y. Bressler, Alisa Girard, Skye Felice, Deborah Kiehlmeier, William Blazey, John G. Zampella
(2021). Ethical and Legal Issues for Medical Professionals Using Social Media. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 5-8.
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The “Strawman” in the Process of Review and Evaluation of Complaints Regarding Controlled Substance Prescriptions Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Ryan Briggs, Dallin Hilton, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). The “Strawman” in the Process of Review and Evaluation of Complaints Regarding Controlled Substance Prescriptions. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 9-10.
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In-State Retention of Physicians in Nevada Residency Programs Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Eric H. Chai, Daniel K. Chan, Weldon Havins
(2021). In-State Retention of Physicians in Nevada Residency Programs. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 11-12.
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The Impact of COVID-19 Isolation on Domestic Violence Calls in Southern Nevada Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Kendall Denning, Omair Javaid, Joseph P. Hardy
(2021). The Impact of COVID-19 Isolation on Domestic Violence Calls in Southern Nevada. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 13-14.
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The Potential Risk of Shift Work Leading to Diabetes: A Logistic Regression Analysis of an Open Data Set Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Sarah J. Diekman
(2021). The Potential Risk of Shift Work Leading to Diabetes: A Logistic Regression Analysis of an Open Data Set. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 15-17.
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Turbulent Airflow Costume Compromises Occupational Safety and Infection Control: A Hospital Risk Management Case Report Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Sarah J. Diekman
(2021). Turbulent Airflow Costume Compromises Occupational Safety and Infection Control: A Hospital Risk Management Case Report. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 19-20.
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Decreasing Inmate Populations to Mitigate Effects of COVID-19 in State Prisons Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Seung Joon Hwang, Min Ju Kim, Weldon E. Havins
(2021). Decreasing Inmate Populations to Mitigate Effects of COVID-19 in State Prisons. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 20-21.
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Assessing the Relationship between Infection Citations and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Meghan Mahalawat, Nur Fatimah Mirza, Cheryl Vanier, Weldon Havins
(2021). Assessing the Relationship between Infection Citations and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 22-23.
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Increased Deaths-at-Home in Nevada During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Proma Mazumder, Crystal Yung, Cheryl Vanier, Joseph P. Hardy
(2021). Increased Deaths-at-Home in Nevada During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 24-25.
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Banning Condoms as Evidence against Sex Workers in Illegal Prostitution Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Summer Mostafa, Anjali Renukunta, Weldon Havins
(2021). Banning Condoms as Evidence against Sex Workers in Illegal Prostitution. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 26-26.
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Prescribing Patterns of XR-Naltrexone for Treating OUD by Nevada Addiction Specialists Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Samia Mouaki-Benani, Ansab Sheikh, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). Prescribing Patterns of XR-Naltrexone for Treating OUD by Nevada Addiction Specialists. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 27-28.
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Screen for Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Save More Nevada Babies Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Kim Thu Nguyen, Nguyen Nguyen, Weldon Havins
(2021). Screen for Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Save More Nevada Babies. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 29-30.
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Mortality of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza in Southern Nevada and the United States Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Nilsha Khurana, Avneet Bedi, Weldon E Havins
(2021). Mortality of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza in Southern Nevada and the United States. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 31-31.
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Euthanasia Should Be Legalized in Nevada Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Ellie Ok, Kristine Rosas, Weldon Havins
(2021). Euthanasia Should Be Legalized in Nevada. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 32-33.
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Should Healthcare Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients Despite the Inadequate Personal Protective Equipment? Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Jose Parra, Heerod Malekghassemi, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). Should Healthcare Workers Treat COVID-19 Patients Despite the Inadequate Personal Protective Equipment? Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 34-35.
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Ethical Dilemma of Physicians Informing Patients of Foreign Organ Transplant Alternatives Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Sean Poole, Benjamin Selander, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). Ethical Dilemma of Physicians Informing Patients of Foreign Organ Transplant Alternatives. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 36-37.
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Nevada Healthcare Boards: Violations of Public Record Act and Inaccessibility of Licensee Information Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Ryliezl Abby Reyes, Stephanie Quan, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). Nevada Healthcare Boards: Violations of Public Record Act and Inaccessibility of Licensee Information. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 39-40.
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Emerging Neuralink Brain Machine Interface Technology: An Oversight Proposal to Address the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Ali Said, Luis Sanchez, Michael Olek, Weldon (Don) Havins
(2021). Emerging Neuralink Brain Machine Interface Technology: An Oversight Proposal to Address the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 40-41.
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COVID-19 and Firearms: Public Health Considerations Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Emily M. Silver
(2021). COVID-19 and Firearms: Public Health Considerations. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 42-46.
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Encouraging Online Voter Registration of Nevada Physicians - A Challenge in Apathy? Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Sein Tun, Hao Luong, Weldon E Havins
(2021). Encouraging Online Voter Registration of Nevada Physicians - A Challenge in Apathy? Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 47-48.
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Investigating the Relationship Between Opioid Prescription Frequency and Deaths From Illicit Opioids Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Cara Wyant, Taylor Cornwell-Hinrichs, Joseph P. Hardy, Weldon Havins
(2021). Investigating the Relationship Between Opioid Prescription Frequency and Deaths From Illicit Opioids. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 41, 61st Annual Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, pp. 49-50.
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Symposium Introduction: A Decade of the Tobacco Control Act: Progress, Setbacks, and the Future of Tobacco Control Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 D. Douglas Blanke
Abstract The landmark symposium, A Decade of the Tobacco Control Act: Progress, Setbacks, and the Future of Tobacco Control, organized by the Public Health Law Center and held in conjunction with the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, assessed the first 10 years of federal tobacco regulation. In this introduction to the symposium, the Public Health Law Center’s executive director provides
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The First 10 Years: Reflecting on Opportunities and Challenges of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Pebbles Fagan, Thomas Eissenberg, Dina M. Jones, Joanna E. Cohen, Patricia Nez Henderson, Mark S. Clanton
Abstract Introduction: Tobacco control policies have helped to reduce the health, social, and economic burden of commercial tobacco use worldwide. Little is known about the long-term impact of regulatory policies and functioning bodies that make recommendations to inform policies. The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was formed in
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Ten Years of the Tobacco Control Act in New York City Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Kevin R. J. Schroth
Abstract This article describes the impact of the 2009 Family Smoking and Prevention Tobacco Control Act (TCA) on local tobacco control through the lens of New York City’s experience during the first 10 years after the TCA was enacted, highlighting one meaningful change and an opportunity that has failed to materialize. Much of the analysis regarding the TCA highlights the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
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Ten Years of FDA Tobacco Regulation: Lessons for Public Health Stakeholders Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Desmond Jenson
Abstract In the 10 years that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been regulating tobacco products, the agency has been plagued with setbacks, some of its own making, and some the result of outside forces. What has been consistently true is that the public health community has not had as much of a voice as it should have until public health groups began filing lawsuits against the FDA.
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The Next 10 Years of Federal Tobacco Regulation: A Road Map to Protect Public Health and Advance Health Equity Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Joelle M. Lester
Abstract After a decade of fits and starts in regulating commercial tobacco products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has built the infrastructure needed for robust tobacco product regulation. This article lays out a vision for the FDA in its second decade of tobacco product regulation. To realize the promise of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the FDA must move quickly
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Thinking Outside the Silos: Information Sharing in Medical–Legal Partnerships Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Jessica Mantel, Leah Fowler
Abstract Medical–legal partnerships (MLPs) allow providers to address patients’ health-harming legal needs through partnerships with lawyers. MLPs are most successful in addressing the complex needs of vulnerable populations when clinicians, social workers, and other care team members regularly communicate with the MLP lawyer. Privacy laws and professional rules of conduct governing patient/client
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Medicaid Expansion and Work Requirements in Georgia Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 C. David Whitson
Abstract Georgia’s Section 1115 waiver application, titled “Georgia Pathways to Coverage,” seeks to simultaneously expand the state’s Medicaid program and condition eligibility on work requirements. Though Section 1115 waivers have become a common vehicle for state Medicaid expansion, the imposition of work requirements is a novel departure. This article explores whether approval of Georgia Pathways
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The Trillion Dollar Revolution: How the Affordable Care Act Transformed Politics, Law, and Health Care in America Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Erin C. Fuse Brown Reviewed by
(2020). The Trillion Dollar Revolution: How the Affordable Care Act Transformed Politics, Law, and Health Care in America. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 40, Symposium: A Decade of the Tobacco Control Act: Progress, Setbacks, and the Future of Tobacco Control, pp. 421-423.
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Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Eric J. Segall Reviewed by
(2020). Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 40, Symposium: A Decade of the Tobacco Control Act: Progress, Setbacks, and the Future of Tobacco Control, pp. 425-426.
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Preventing Child Trafficking: A Public Health Approach Journal of Legal Medicine (IF 0.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Abigail English Reviewed by
(2020). Preventing Child Trafficking: A Public Health Approach. Journal of Legal Medicine: Vol. 40, Symposium: A Decade of the Tobacco Control Act: Progress, Setbacks, and the Future of Tobacco Control, pp. 427-428.