MEDICAL LEGISLATION.

Advocating for change in medical legislation.

Advocacy is becoming an increasingly important role for physicians, and there is extraordinary value to becoming effective advocates on behalf of our patients. Until recently, advocacy was not a formal part of medical school or residency curricula. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published an extensive overview of advocacy for the pediatrician.1 This online guide breaks down legisl...

Recent state legislation concerning prepayment medical care.

*Chief, Medical Economics Section, D i vision of Health and Disability Studies, Bureau of Research and Statistics. This article is based on addresses presented at a Conference on R u r a l Medical Care, Pur due University, August 1, 1946, and the National Conference on Cooperative Health Plans, Two Harbors, Minn., August 17, 1946. In this study of State legislation in the field of voluntary pre...

Coming of age: devising legislation for adolescent medical decision-making.

Medical legislation – educational needs assessment for dental students

Rationale (hypothesis): Many studies have highlighted the vulnerabilities in medical practice due to the legislation ignorance. Therefore, developing special programs for students training is needed and has become imperative. Objective: This research aimed to identify the educational needs for the 5th year students in "Carol Davila" School of Dentistry in Bucharest, related to the legislation i...

The medical effects of seat-belt legislation in the United Kingdom: one viewpoint from the USA.

Britain introduced a belt-use law in July 1981 to become effective on 31 January 1983, a full 13 years after Australia. In the USA, priority was given to laws requiring infants and young children to be appropriately restrained so that between 1977 and 1984 all 50 states and the District of Colombia enacted child passenger safety laws. It was not until 12 July 1984 that New York became the first...