Material published in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME) contributes to the educational mission of The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, covering:

• public health
• health disparities
• patient safety and quality of care
• biomedical science and research

A leading peer-reviewed journal for research at the intersection of law, health policy, ethics, and medicine, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is THE authoritative source for health law teachers, practitioners, policy makers, risk managers, and anyone involved with the safe, equitable, and ethical delivery and promotion of the public's health.

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TopHighlights

• Accountability in Population Biobanking: Comparative Approaches
  Mylène Deschênes and Clémentine Sallée
  
• Genetic Information, Privacy and Insolvency
  Edward J. Janger
  
• Is Obtaining an Arrestee's DNA a Valid Special Needs Search Under the Fourth Amendment? What Should (and Will) the Supreme Court Do?
  Tracey Maclin
  
• Using Litigation to Make Public Health Policy: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges in Assessing Product Liability, Tobacco, and Gun Litigation
  Timothy D. Lytton
  
• American Bioethics and Human Rights: The End of All our Exploring
  George J. Annas

Symposia on the following topics:

• Expert Testimony: Bridging Bioethics and Evidence Law (Summer 2005)
• International Health Care (winter 2005)
• Beginning & End of Life (Spring 2006)
• DNA & Justice (Summer 2006)
• Nanotechnology (Fall 2006)
• Race & Medicine (Winter 2006)
• 100 Years of Transplantation (Spring 2007)
• Childhood Obesity (Summer 2007)
• Genomic Justice (Fall 2007)