USA Law

Category: Health Law

  • Public Health Service

    Public Health Service in the United States Introduction to Public Health Service Public Health Service, agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, established in July 1798 under the terms of congressional legislation authorizing marine hospitals for seamen in the merchant […]

  • Public Health Service

    Public Health Service in the United States Introduction to Public Health Service Public Health Service, agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, established in July 1798 under the terms of congressional legislation authorizing marine hospitals for seamen in the merchant […]

  • National Institute On Drug Abuse

    National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States National Institutes of Health, NIH Institutes and Centers: National Institute on Drug Abuse Introduction to National Institute on Drug Abuse Established in 1974, the National Institute on Drug Abuse became part of the NIH in 1992. The […]

  • National Institute On Drug Abuse

    National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States National Institutes of Health, NIH Institutes and Centers: National Institute on Drug Abuse Introduction to National Institute on Drug Abuse Established in 1974, the National Institute on Drug Abuse became part of the NIH in 1992. The […]

  • Disabilities

    Disabilities in the United States Introduction to Rights of Persons with Disabilities According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, when Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. declared in Buck v. Bell (1927) that the state's police power authorized involuntary sterilization of […]

  • Disabilities

    Disabilities in the United States Introduction to Rights of Persons with Disabilities According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, when Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. declared in Buck v. Bell (1927) that the state's police power authorized involuntary sterilization of […]

  • Health

    Health in the United States Executive Order 13544 Executive Order in relation with the establishment of the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council (June 10, 2010): "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States […]

  • Health

    Health in the United States Executive Order 13544 Executive Order in relation with the establishment of the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council (June 10, 2010): "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States […]

  • Pension

    Pension in United States Pension Definition A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country. It is sometimes loosely used in the sense of annuity. In Spanish Law. Rent; a rent, White, […]

  • Public Health

    Public Health in the United States Introduction to Public Health Presidential Memorandum Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Public Health and Medical Sciences (July 06, 2009): "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Russian Ministry of Health […]

  • Substance Abuse Consequences

    Substance Abuse Consequences in the United States Substance Abuse and the Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) put in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will make health insurance available to many more people, lower health care costs, guarantee more health care […]

  • Drug

    Drug in the United States United States Drug Patent Lawsuits by Rene Ciria-Cruz (2010) It’s a collision of interests that typifies the brand-drug-versus-generic battles that have become common in recent years and only promise to intensify. The prize is billions of dollars in prescription […]

  • Euthanasia

    Euthanasia in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Practice of causing death painlessly to end suffering. This practice is very controversial. The controversy is over what is called brain death. The Harvard Medical School has drawn up […]

  • Euthanasia

    Euthanasia in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Practice of causing death painlessly to end suffering. This practice is very controversial. The controversy is over what is called brain death. The Harvard Medical School has drawn up […]

  • Disease

    Disease in the United States Disease Historic Definition For the purpose of furnishing an excuse for what would otherwise be a crime, voluntary drunkenness is not regarded as a disease affecting the mind; but involuntary drunkenness, and diseases caused by voluntary drunkenness, fall, so far […]