Health law

Health Law is the federal, state, and local law, rules, regulations and other jurisprudence affecting the health care industry and their application to health care patients, providers and payors, and vendors to the health care industry, including without limitation the (1) relationships among providers, payors and vendors to the health care industry and its patients; and (2) delivery of health care services; all with an emphasis on operations, regulatory and transactional legal issues. ^[1]

Some areas of law it includes are:

• Contract law
• Medical malpractice
• Administrative law
• Public health law
• Consent

Academic resources

• European Journal of Health Law, ISSN: 1571-8093 (electronic) 0929-0273 (Paper), Springer
• Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, ISSN: 1527-1927 (electronic) 0361-6878 (paper), Duke University Press