Category: Health Law
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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 […]
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National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health in the United States Introduction to National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health (NIH), agency of the United States government dedicated to medical research. The NIH works to improve the nation’s health through research on the prevention, […]
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National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health in the United States Introduction to National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health (NIH), agency of the United States government dedicated to medical research. The NIH works to improve the nation’s health through research on the prevention, […]
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Drug Addiction Recovery
Drug Addiction Recovery in the United States Note: Learn about the treatment of drug addiction in this entry Recovery is a process of change and growth through which people with substance use disorders stop using, and reestablish friendships and family ties, build positive social networks, […]
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Drug Addiction Recovery
Drug Addiction Recovery in the United States Note: Learn about the treatment of drug addiction in this entry Recovery is a process of change and growth through which people with substance use disorders stop using, and reestablish friendships and family ties, build positive social networks, […]
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Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health in the United States Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force (March 29, 2016): My Administration has made behavioral health a priority and taken a number of steps to improve the prevention, […]
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Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health in the United States Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force (March 29, 2016): My Administration has made behavioral health a priority and taken a number of steps to improve the prevention, […]
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Disability Benefits
Disability Benefits in the United States Plain-English Law Disability Benefits as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):Money paid from Social Security to those under 65 who qualify because of their work and earnings record and who meet the program’s medical guidelines […]
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Crack Cocaine
Crack Cocaine in the United States In the U.S. States The overwhelming majority of states do not distinguish between powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses. Only 13 states have some form of distinction between crack cocaine and powder cocaine in their penalty schemes, one less than in […]
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Sports
Sports in the United States Executive Order 13545 Executive Order in relation with the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (June 22, 2010): By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to recognize that […]
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Advance Directives
Advance Directives in the United States Health Care and Living Will Advance Directives Advance directives are legal documents prepared in order to express the health care wishes of a patient who may be unable to speak directly with health care personnel due to health issues. This document […]
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Veterans Mental Health
Veterans Mental Health in the United States Executive Order Executive Order in relation with Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families (August 31, 2012): By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the […]