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Digital Disease Surveillance
Alan Z. Rozenshtein (University of Minnesota), Digital Disease Surveillance, 70 Am. U. L. Rev. (2021, Forthcoming): Fighting the coronavirus pandemic will require digital disease surveillance: the use of digital technology to enhance traditional public-health techniques like contact tracing, isolation, and...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 31, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Distribution of Power Over Social Distancing Regulation in the UK: Constitutional Design Principles from Economic Theory
Andrew Smith (University of Liverpool), Graham Alan Brownlow (Queen's University), The Distribution of Power Over Social Distancing Regulation in the UK: Constitutional Design Principles from Economic Theory, QMS Research Paper 2021/01: Which groups of elected officials should be in charge...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 3, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
We(ed) The People of the United States: A Treatment Effects Model of the Recreational Legalization of Cannabis
Alan Fox (Colorado College), We(ed) The People of the United States: A Treatment Effects Model of the Recreational Legalization of Cannabis, SSRN: Cannabis legalization has changed dramatically in the United States recently, and its potential impact remains unclear. Using survey...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 16, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Disease and Data in Society: How the Pandemic Expanded Data Collection and Surveillance Systems
Alan Butler, Enid Zhou, Disease and Data in Society: How the Pandemic Expanded Data Collection and Surveillance Systems, 70(5) Am. U. L. Rev. (Forthcoming, 2021): The COVID-19 pandemic is a global tragedy of historic proportions, and its impacts on our...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Ageism: Where It Comes From and What It Does
Alan Gutterman, Ageism: Where It Comes From and What It Does, SSRN: According to the United Nations, the number of older-age adults across the world has almost quintupled in the last 65 years and by 2050 1 in 6 people...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 14, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Human Rights of Older Persons
Alan Gutterman, Human Rights of Older Persons, SSRN: The creation of what has become known as the international human rights system began with the activities of the United Nations ( “UN”) when it was first established in the aftermath of World...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 14, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Long-Term Care
Alan Gutterman, Long-Term Care, SSRN: Long-term care includes activities undertaken by others to ensure that those with a significant ongoing loss of physical or mental capacity can maintain a level of ability to be and to do what they have...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 25, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Convention on Human Rights of Older Persons
Alan Gutterman, Convention on Human Rights of Older Persons, SSRN (2021): Many have argued that it is appropriate to take into consideration the special circumstances of older persons when developing social and economic policies and there is a growing consensus...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 15, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Older Persons' Access to Justice
Alan Gutterman, Older Persons' Access to Justice, A. Gutterman, Older Persons ’ Access to Justice (2021): Access to justice is a core element of the rule of law. Achieving effective access to justice such that older persons can realize the full...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 4, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Anti-Ageism Movement
Alan Gutterman, Anti-Ageism Movement, SSRN (2021): According to a global report on ageism issued in 2021 by the World Health Organization and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, every second person in the world is believed to hold...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 7, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Ageism, Race and Ethnicity
Alan Gutterman (Ageism Project), Ageism, Race and Ethnicity, SSRN (2021): 23% of the persons in the US who were age 65 and over in 2017 (11.8 million) were members of racial or ethnic minority populations —9% were African-Americans (not Hispanic), 4%...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 14, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Older Persons' Right to Work and Productive Resources
Alan Gutterman (Ageism Project), Older Persons' Right to Work and Productive Resources, SSRN (2021): The right to work is a fundamental human right that is universally recognized as an inherent part of human dignity for persons of all ages. However,...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 27, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Climate Change and Older Persons
Alan Gutterman (Older Persons' Rights Project), Climate Change and Older Persons, SSRN (2022): Climate change, simply described as “any change in average weather that lasts for a long period of time”, has been called out for specific attention in commentaries...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 30, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Older Persons ’ Rights to Physical and Mental Health
Alan Gutterman (Older Persons' Rights Project), Older Persons ’ Rights to Physical and Mental Health, SSRN (2022): The right to health has been provided for and/or recognized in most of the core international human rights treaties as well as other international...
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 16, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
