Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT
06520-8215
phone: (203) 436-0774
email: yjhple@yale.edu
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT
06520-8215
phone: (203) 436-0774
email: yjhple@yale.edu
The Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics has proudly published a symposium issue on Current Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.[Journal cover - pdf]
This issue is complimentary and all of the articles can be accessed below. Subscription information for future issues can be found on this website.
An Introduction to the Journal from the Editors-in-Chief
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. COMMENTARY
Our Commitment to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
II. ARTICLES
Site of Medical Care: Do Racial and Ethnic Differences Persist? [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., Rose Marie Martinez, Sc.D., and Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D.
The Meanings of "Race" in the New Genomics: Implications for Health Disparities Research [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., Joanna Mountain, Ph.D., and Barbara A. Koenig, Ph.D.
The Proposed Patients' Bill of Rights: The Case of the Missing Equal Protection Clause [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
Dean M. Hashimoto, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Race and Discretion in American Medicine [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D.
Understanding Disparities in the Use of Medicare Services [abstract - html] [full text - pdf]
Marian E. Gornick, M.A., Paul W. Eggers, Ph.D., and Gerald F. Riley, M.S.P.H.
III. CASE STUDIES
Introduction to Pegram v. Herdrich, 530 U.S. 211 (2000) [full text - pdf]
Pegram v. Herdrich: A Victory for HMOs or The Beginning of the End for ERISA Preemption? [full text - pdf]
Phyllis C. Borzi, J.D., M.A.
A Perspective from Within the White Coat [full text - pdf]
R. Dobbin Chow, M.D.
Dividing Loyalties: Caring for Individuals and Populations [full text - pdf]
Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D.
Pegram v. Herdrich: The Supreme Court Confronts Managed Care [full text - pdf]
Timothy S. Jost, J.D.
Pegram's Significance for Managed Health Care [full text - pdf]
Louis Saccoccio, J.D.
Mismanaged Care: The Challenges Facing Judicial Interpretation of Contemporary Health Policy [full text - pdf]
Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D.
IV. DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE LAW (This section analyzes the law as it exists in each state on given question. An article accompanying these analyses describes the trends in the law).
Question: How Are States Regulating the Use of Drugs and Alcohol During Pregnancy? [full text - pdf]
Punitive Versus Public Health Oriented Responses to Drug Use by Pregnant Women [full text - pdf]
Jean Reith Schroedel, Ph.D. and Pamela Fiber, M.A.
Synopsis of State Case and Statutory Law [full text - pdf]
The Journal's Editorial Staff
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Managing Death in the Intensive Care Unit: The Transition from Cure to Comfort, edited by J. Randall Curtis and Gordon D. Rubenfeld (2001). [full text - pdf]
Reviewed by: Nancy Dubler, LL.B.
Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, by Lawrence O. Gostin (2000). [full text - pdf]
Reviewed by: David P. Fidler, J.D., M.Phil.
Cloning and the Future of Human Embryo Research, edited by Paul Lauritzen (2001). [full text - pdf]
Reviewed by: Evelyne Shuster, Ph.D.
Book Notes [full text - pdf]
©2001 by the Yale Law School. All rights reserved. ISSN 1535-3532.
*Many of the articles in Volume I are derived from a symposium on Current Racial and Ethnic Disparitites in Health, which was held at the Yale Law School in February 2001.