4402.0 Law, Medicine, & Public Health Policy

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss the philosophical underpinnings and issues that arise in public health law practice and research. Legal and policy theories/frameworks as applied to population health issues will be discussed and compared.
Session Objectives: Describe and compare legal and policy theories and frameworks as applied to population health. Describe public health jurisprudence on select public health topics.
Moderator:
Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH

4:30pm
Generic pharmaceuticals: Take at your own risk
Tanya Karwaki, JD, LLM, Patricia Kuszler, MD, JD and Thomas Hazlet, PharmD, DrPH
4:45pm
Weight Bias and Public Health: The Need for Legal Solutions
Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH
     
5:00pm
New legal and ethical models to address allocation of scarce medical resources and services during public health emergencies
Lance Gable, JD, MPH
     
5:15pm
Current Models of Public Health Jurisprudence and Moving Forward: An Initial Framework
Jason A. Smith, MTS, JD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Law
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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