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Fundamentals of Health Law — A New Perspective Series

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  • Erin C. Fuse Brown, J.D., M.P.H.,
  • Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.,
  • Debra Malina, Ph.D.,
  • Genevra Pittman, M.P.H.,
  • and Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D.

The editors announce a new series of Perspective articles focusing on the multifaceted relationship between U.S. medicine and the law and on the myriad roles health law plays in patients’ lives and in the delivery of care.

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Funding and Disclosures

Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this editorial at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta (E.C.F.B.); and Harvard Medical School, and the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital — both in Boston (A.S.K.).