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Dr. David Orentlicher - The Doctor’s Duty to Treat during Public Health Pandemics

Physicians assume a fundamental ethical duty to place the welfare of their patients above their own interests. Thus, for example, doctors

Sara Gordon - Forensic Evidence Myths

Fingerprint evidence provides police a critical and scientific way to identify criminals. Or so it is thought. But as Prof. Sara Gordon and

Elva Castaneda - Learning From the October 1 Shootings

After the October 1 shootings exposed the need for better emergency planning in Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) took

Max Gakh - Health, Policy, and the Media

Last month, at the 2018 Nevada Public Health Association meeting in Las Vegas, Prof. Max Gakh and his co-authors presented findings from

David Orentlicher - Poverty Is a Public Health Problem



The “medicalization” model of poverty leads us to devote considerable resources to treating the healthcare problems caused by poverty

Max Gakh - Addressing Childhood Obesity

In May, students in Prof. Max Gakh’s course, Public Health Policy: Integrating Theory and Practice, presented their semester-long project to

David Orentlicher - An Obamacare Status Report

In a forthcoming article, "Health Care Reform: What Has Been Accomplished? What Comes Next?," Dr. David Orentlicher discusses what we have

Leslie C. Griffin - Bridging Law, Medicine, and Ethics

 

 

Dr. Leslie Griffin is enjoying being a visiting scholar at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She is working at the

Sara Gordon - Treating the Whole Patient

This summer, Prof. Sara Gordon was invited to testify before the Nevada Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about the

Ariana Caruso - Serving the Legal Needs of Patients

This summer, Health Law Society President Ariana Caruso interned for the Medical Legal Partnership between Washoe Legal Services and

Ann McGinley - Understanding Sexual Harassment

Prof. Ann McGinley published The Masculinity Motivation online as part of a #MeToo joint symposium of Yale Law Journal and Stanford Law

Stacey Tovino - Protecting Patients

This past summer, Dr. Stacey Tovino wrote three new law review articles. In Going Rogue: Mobile Research Applications and the Right to

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