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Health Law Resource Guide

This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students researching issues in Health Law.  Please contact the research services staff during research services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu, for help in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.


Some of the links below lead to CALI, LexisNexis, and Westlaw files, which require a student password for access.  [If you connect to any of these files, be sure to log out of the system at the end of your research.]  Other links lead to records in SCHOLAR, the Cleveland State University electronic catalog.  Use your browser's "Back" button to return to this Health Law Resource Guide.

Introduction

Cases

Statutes and Codes

Regulations and Rules

Treatises and Practice Guides

Study Aids

Searching SCHOLAR and OhioLINK

Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services

Aggregate Databases and Other Web Resources

 

Introduction

Health law generally focuses on health care delivery and bioethics.  Topics include the treatment relationship, duty to care, and informed consent; health care professional licensure; health care spending, health insurance coverage, and ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974); health care institutions, health care business associations, and antitrust law; medical liability and malpractice; death, organ transplantation, withholding treatment, and assisted suicide; and reproductive medicine.  One of the primary duties of the state is to preserve public health, and many states delegate authority to administrative agencies such as boards of health.  Federal health law is concentrated on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which administers numerous agencies and programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Current health/medical knowledge is primarily found in the journal literature, and one should never simply rely upon books.  When searching the journal literature, note that, in addition to supporting keyword searching, health/medical indexing and abstracting services tend to use thesauri or controlled vocabulary.  This means human beings are involved in the indexing and abstracting of health/medical journal literature, resulting in extremely detailed and precise databases.  MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the thesaurus used by the U.S. National Library of Medicine in its MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) databases.  MEDLARS has over 40 databases, including Medline/PubMed.  Use MeSH when constructing search statements to take full advantage of the high quality comprehensive indexing supporting the MEDLARS databases.

In general, health/medical indexing and abstracting services do not provide full-text documents.  However, many provide links to full-text document services, and many journals are now available electronically.  See the Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services section below for additional information on print and electronic indexes, as well as electronic full-text journals.

If you're a student who's trying to pick a topic in health law for a note or article, check out Lawtopic.com and review its Health Law section.  Also, consider reviewing current issues and hot topics on news Web sites such as American Lawyer Media's American LawyerLaw.Com, National Law Journal, and New York Law Journal, as well as Lawyers Weekly.

 

Cases

LexisNexis:  Area of Law - By Topic:  Medical:  Cases Federal and States Cases - Selected Healthcare Related Material  Includes US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals, Federal District Courts, all 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and other US territories as well as specialty courts such as Military Appeals, Customs, Patents, Tax, Trade, Commerce, Veteran Appeals, and Bankruptcy.  See also LexisNexis:  Area of Law - By Topic:  Medical:   Multi-Source Groups:  Healthcare Related Cases From All State Courts and ALR Annotations.

LexisNexis:  States Legal - U.S.:  Ohio:  Cases:  By Area of Law:  OH Health Cases   Selected health cases decided by the Ohio Supreme Court since 1821, Ohio Court of Appeals since 1913, and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts since 1922.

Westlaw:  U.S. State Materials:  Case Law:  Multistate Cases Organized by Area of Practice:  Health & Medicine (MHTH-CS)  Includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  See also individual databases in Federal Cases section of Westlaw:  Topical Materials by Area of Practice:  Health & Medicine.  See also Health section of Westlaw:  KeySearch.

Westlaw:  U.S. State Materials:  Ohio:  Cases:  Case Law Organized by Practice Area or Topic:  Health & Medicine (OHHTH-CS)   Selected cases decided by the Ohio Supreme Court since 1821, Ohio Court of Appeals since 1913, and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts since 1889.

 

Statutes and Codes

US Code:  Public Health and Welfare 42 USCHospitals and Asylums 24 USCFood and Drugs 21 USC  [Links via Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute; "generated from the most recent version made available by the US House of Representatives."]

Ohio Code:  Health-Safety-Morals 37 ORCInsurance 39 ORC.

Ohio Code:  Occupations, Professions:  Dentists; Dental Hygienists ORC 4715 et seq.; Nurses ORC 4723 et seq.; Pharmacists; Dangerous Drugs ORC 4729 et seq.; Physicians; Limited Practitioners ORC 4731 et seq.  Several other health occupations and professions also in the 4730s-4770s Chapters of the ORC.  [Links via Anderson's and State of Ohio.]

 

Regulations and Rules

Code of Federal Regulations:  Public Health (Department of Health and Human Services)  42 CFR; Food and Drugs (Food and Druge Administration) 21 CFR Chapter 1.  [Links via GPO Access.]

Ohio Administrative Code:  Department of Health OAC 3701 et seq.State Certificate of Need Review Board OAC 3702 et seq.; Statewide Health Coordinating Council OAC 3703 et seq.Commission on Minority Health OAC 3704 et seq.; Department of Insurance OAC 3901 et seq.; State Dental Board OAC 4715 et seq.; Ohio Board of Nursing OAC 4723 et seq.; State Board of Pharmacy OAC 4729 et seq.; State Medical Board OAC 4731 et seq.  [Links via Anderson's and Stateof Ohio.]  Several other Ohio state health-related boards also in the 4730s-4760s Chapters of the OAC.

 

Treatises and Practice Guides


Selected significant treatises and practice guides in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection which provide a foundation in issues of health law include the following:

The Health Care E-Commerce Revolution:  Legal, Financial & Regulatory Strategies / Edward S. Kornreich.  Practising Law Institute, c2001.   KF3827 .E5 H42 2001

Health Care Law:  a Practical Guide / Michael G. Macdonald, Kathryn C. Meyer, and Beth Essig.  Mathew Bender, c1985- .   KF3821 .M32

Health Care Law:  Desk Reference / Alison Barnes, et al.  American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, c2001.   KF3821 .H43 2001

Health Care Litigation:  What You Need to Know After Pegram / Karen S. Boxer and Manuel del Valle.  Practicing Law Institute, c2000.   KF3825 .Z9 H422 2000

Health Policymaking In the United States / Beaufort B. Longest, Jr.  AUPHA/HAP, c2002.   Electronic Book available via Scholar

Human Rights and Biomedicine / George P. Smith, II.  Kluwer Law International, c2000.   K3601 .S63 2000

Law and Bioethics:  an Introduction / Jerry Menikoff.  Georgetown University Press, c2001.   KF3821 .M46 2001

Law and Medicine / Michael Freeman and Andrew D.E. Lewis, eds.  Oxford University Press, c2000.   K3601 .L39 2000

Legal and Ethical Issues In Health Occupations / Tonia Dandry Aiken, eds.  W.B. Saunders Col, c2002.   KF3821 .L42 2002

Legal Aspects Of Health Care Administration / George D. Pozgar; Nina M. Santucci, legal review.  Aspen Publishers, c2002.   KF3821 .P69 2002

Matters Of Life and Death:  Making Moral Theory Work In Medical Ethics and the Law / David Orentlicher.  Princeton University Press, c2001.   KF3821 .O73 2001

Medical Law and Ethics / Bonnie F. Fremgen.  Prentice Hall, c2002.   KF3821 .F74 2002

Medical Law and Ethics / Sheila McLean, ed.  Ashgate/Dartmouth, c2002.   K3601 .M43 2002

The Privatization of Health Care Reform:  Legal and Regulatory Perspectives / M. Gregg Bloche, ed.  Oxford University Press, c2003.   KF3825 .P75 2003

Public Interest Colloquium:  Minimizing Medical Errors:  Legal Issues In the Debate On Improving Patient Safety.  American Health Lawyers Association, c2003.   KF3821 .A75 A82 2003

Strange Bedfellows:  How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice / Ben A. Rich.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2001.   KF3821 .R54 2001

Strangers In the Night:  Law and Medicine In the Managed Care Era / Peter D. Jacobson.  Oxford Universiy Press, c2002.   KF1183 .J33 2002

U.S. Health Law and Policy:  a Guide To the Current Literature.  Jossey-Bass, 1998- .   KF3821 .A1 U56

The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics:  From Contraception To Managed Health Care / Bryan Hilliard.  Paragon House, c2004.   Electronic Book available via Scholar

 

Health Care Law.  Ohio CLE Institute, c2003.   KFO360 .H4357 2003 v.03-117

Health Law In Ohio:  the Legal Implications Of Health Care Delivery Systems and Managed Care / Lisa G. Han, et al.  NBI, Inc., c2002.   KFO187 .H4 H4 2002

 

Study Aids

Health Care Law and Ethics In a Nutshell / Mark A. Hall, Ira Mark Ellman, and Daniel S. Strouse.  West Group, c1999.   KF3821 .Z9 H35 1999

Health Law / Barry R. Furrow, et al.  West Group, c2000.   KF3821 .H4343 2000

 

Searching SCHOLAR and OhioLINK   (SCHOLAR hands-on instruction)

SCHOLAR is the electronic catalog for Cleveland State University's Law Library and University Library.  CSU also participates in the state-wide consortia OhioLINK, which provides access to a state-wide central catalog and numerous research databases.  For treatises and other materials, search the SCHOLAR and OhioLINK catalogs with the subject headings Medical Laws and Legislation; Medical Laws and Legislation - United States; Medical Laws and Legislation - Ohio.  See also the 80+ Medical Laws and Legislation Related Subject Headings.

 

Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services

See the Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals guide for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community.  That guide covers print and electronic indexes, as well as electronic full-text journals.  In particular, note OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center and its Health Sciences and Medicine subject cluster.

Selected specialty journals and current awareness materials concerning Health Law in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library collection include:

American Journal Of Law & Medicine.  American Society of Law & Medicine.   K1 .M445

Annals Of Health Law.  Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Institute for Health Law, in cooperation with National Health Lawyers Association.   K1 .N525

DePaul Journal Of Health Care Law.  DePaul University College of Law. Health Law Institute.   Electronic Journal

The Health Lawyer.  American Bar Association. Forum Committee on Health Law.   KF3821 .A15 H422

HEC Forum:  an Interdisciplinary Journal On Hospitals' Ethical and Legal Issues.  Pergamon Press.   R724 .H38 & Electronic

Houston Journal Of Health Law & Policy.  Joe Christensen, Inc.   K8 .O749

Issues In Law & Medicine.  National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc. and Horation R. Storer Foundation, Inc.   KF480 .A15 I87

Journal Of Contemporary Health Law and Policy.  Catholic University of America Press.   K10 .O97 & Electronic

Journal Of Health Care Law & Policy.  University of Maryland School of Law. Law & Health cAre Program.   Electronic Journal

Journal Of Health Law.  American Health Lawyers Association.   K10 .O86823

Journal Of Health Politics, Policy and Law.  Duke University Press.   K10 .O8684 & Electronic

Journal Of Law and Health.  Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.   K10 .O8767

Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics.  American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.   KF3821 .A15 L38

Journal Of Legal Medicine.  American College of Legal Medicine.   K10 .O8736

Journal Of Medicine and Law.  Michigan State Unviersity Detroit College of Law.   K10 .O8823

Medical Law International.  ABA.   K13 .E3

Medicine and Law.  Springer International.   K13 .E28

Modern Health Care Law Digest.  Specialty Digest Publications.   KF3821 .A59 M63

Quinnipiac Health Law Journal.  Quinnipiac College School of Law.   K25 .U46

Yale Journal Of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics.  Yale Law School.   K29 .A335

 

Aggregate Databases and Other Web Resources

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute:  Law about:  Health Law

Emory University's MedWeb

FindLaw:  Practice Areas:  Health Law

Galaxy Directory:  Medicine

Health A to Z

HealthWeb

Jurist:  Legal Research:  Law Guides:  Health Law

Karolinska Institutet's Biomedical Information Resources & Services - by Subject

LexisONE:  Legal Web Site Directory:  Practice Areas:  Healthcare Law

LexisNexis:   Area of Law - By Topic:  Medical

Includes federal and state cases, court rules, statutes and legislative materials, administrative materials and regulations, law reviews and journals, treatises and analytical materials, CLE course listings and information, legal news, legal reference materials, medical journals, medical news and information, medical references (including Medline), and compliance materials.

MedExplorer

Medical Matrix

Peer reviewed directory of over 6000 medical sites and over 1.5 million documents.

Medical World Search

Includes issues, news, hot topics, terminology, statistics, and search examples.

MedWorld: MedBot: Super Search

Chose up to four databases to search at the same time from Web search engines, general and medical indices, as well as medical education, news, and multimedia sites.

OhioLINK Research Databases:  Medicine and Health

Includes CHID Online (Combined Health Information Database; produced by US government health-related agencies), Clinical Medicine and Health Research (articles not yet published, and may not yet be peer reviewed), Clinical Pharmacology (drug monographs for US prescription drugs, over-the-counter products, herbal and nutritional products, as well as new and investigational drugs), Medline, OT Search (occupational therapy), CINAHL (nursing and allied health), Institute for Scientific Information Citation Databases (particularly Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index), Papers First, and Proceedings First.

OhioLINK Research Databases:  Law and Legislation

Includes Congressional Universe (particularly "Hot Bills/Topics" group), Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, LexisNexis Congressional (same as Congressional Universe), LexisNexis Academic (particularly "News" and "Medical" groups), Papers First, and Proceedings First.

Rominger Legal:  Practice Areas:  Health Care

Includes statutes and codes, news, professional directories, links to health care organizations and HMOs, subject specific links, as well as links to administrative agencies, bureaus, and commissions.

Telemedicine Information Exchange

University of Iowa's Hardin MD

University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital

Westlaw:  Topical Materials by Area of Practice:  Health & Medicine
Includes federal and state cases, federal and state statutes, federal and state administrative materials, litigation reports, daily reports & current developments, periodicals, treatises, practice materials, medical research materials (including Medline), news, and reference materials.

American Medical Association

In particular, see its "Physicians - Legal Issues" link.

American Medical Forensic Specialists

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

In particular, see its National Center for Health Statistics.

National Academy for State Health Policy

National Health Information Center

National Institutes of Health

World Health Organization

 

Laura E. Ray, MA, MLS

Educational Programing Librarian

August 2005

 

 

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