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PerspectiveFundamentals of Health LawFree Preview

The History of Health Law in the United States

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  • Erin C. Fuse Brown, J.D., M.P.H.,
  • and Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.

Health law shapes the landscape of health care delivery in powerful ways. The history of health law can be broken into four eras, each with its own prevailing ethos.

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Funding and Disclosures

Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available at NEJM.org.

The series editors are 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.

Author Affiliations

From the Center for Law, Health, and Society, 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, Brigham and Women’s Hospital — both in Boston (A.S.K.).

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