HEALTH LAW PATHFINDER                                                 

·        Furrow, Barry, et al.  The Law of Health Care Organization and Finance:  KF3821.A7 L385  2001 (5^th Floor). 

·        Shapiro, Michael H., et al.  Cases, Materials, and Problems on Bioethics and Law:  KF3821.A7 S47  2003  (5^th Floor). 

Current Awareness Services  

             The following Services contain up-to-date health policy information:

·        BNA’s Health Law Reporter: KF3825.B87 (Reserve), also go to Seton Hall Library home page, go to "search
DATABASES scroll down to BNA, or go to Health Law & Policy Program page, click on Health Law Links and choose from: 
BNA 
  Health Law & Business Library
  Health Care Fraud Report
  Health Care Policy Report 
  Health Care Daily Report
  Health Law Reporter
  Health Plan & Provider Report

·        CCH Internet Research NetWork: go to Seton Hall Library home page, go to "search DATABASES scroll down to CCH or go to Health Law & Policy Program page, click on Health Law Links (scroll down to CCH).  See librarian for password.

·        Health Law 360 Newswire on Health Law and Policy:  go to Seton Hall Library home page, go to "search DATABASES scroll down Health Law 360

·        Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter: KF480.A15 M37  (5^th Floor).

·        National Disability Law Reporter:  KF3469.N37 (5^th Floor).

·        BioLaw : KF3821.A6 B56  (5^th Floor). 

Books and Treatises

              You can search for books and treatises in the Seton Hall’s Law Library Catalog and WorldCat using Library of Congress subject headings.  For example, you can use: health policy, medical policy, public health, health care reform, and health planning.  If you would like to limit your search to material concerning a specific country, state, or continent, then you would add the place after the subject heading, e.g., “health care reform United States,” or “public health New Jersey.”

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

               To find available dictionaries or encyclopedias on health policy, search the catalog using the key words “(specific topic) encyclopedias” or “(specific topic) dictionaries.”  Examples of works held by the Library are:

·        Rovner, Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z:  RA395.A3 R685  2003 (4^th Floor Reference).  

·        Hedges, Bioethics, Health Care, and the Law: A Dictionary: R725.5.H44  1999 (4^th Floor Reference).  

·        Physicians’ Desk Reference:  RS75.P5  2004 (4^th Floor Reserve).

·        Ausman & Snyder’s Medical Library:  RA1011.A8  (4^th Floor Reference).  

·        Stedman’s Medical Dictionary: R121.S842  2000 (4^th Floor Reference).            

Statutes

 There are both federal and state statutes pertaining to Health Law. 

            Federal Statutes.  To find federal statutes in print go to the Index of the United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.), 4^th Floor, or the Index of the United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) 3rd Floor.  To find federal statutes online, use subscription services such as LEXIS or WESTLAW or the Internet at http://www.gpoaccess.gov or http://thomas.loc.gov/.

            Many of the federal health care statutes are codified in Title 42 of the U.S.C.A.: Public Health and Welfare, Title 21: Food & Drugs, and Title 24: Hospitals and Asylums.  Examples of major legislation:  

                                ·      Medicare, 42 U.S.C.A. Sect. 1395, et seq. 

                                                                        ·      Medicaid, 42 U.S.C.A. Sect. 1396, et seq.   

                                                                        ·      Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, 21 U.S.C.A. Sect. 301, et seq. 

State Statutes: 

·        New Jersey. To find health care statutes in print in New Jersey, go to the Index of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated (N.J.S.A.), 4^th Floor. To find statutes online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW  or the Internet at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/. 

Many of the New Jersey health care statutes are codified in Title 24:  Food and Drugs, Title 26: Health and Vital Statistics, and Title 30: Institutions and Agencies.  For example, New Jersey’s Medicaid legislation is contained in N.J.S.A. 30:4D-1, et seq. 

·        Other States.  To find health care statutes in other states, consult the index to that state’s statutes, 3^rd Floor.  In addition to LEXIS or WESTLAW, a useful cite for locating other states’ health care statutes online is: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw.

Regulations 

            There are both federal and state regulations pertaining to health law.  

            Federal Regulations:  To find federal agency regulations in print, go to the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), 3^rd Floor.  To find these regulations online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW  or the Internet at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/  

            Federal health regulations are mainly codified in 21 C.F.R.: Food and Drugs and 42 C.F.R.: Public Health. 

            State Regulations:  

·        New Jersey.  To find health regulations in print in New Jersey, go to the New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C.) Index on reserve at the Circulation desk.  To find these regulations online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW.  Only some regulations are available on the Internet and may not be updated. 

·        Other States.  The Law Library holds health regulations in print for New York (N.Y.C.R.R., 3^rd Floor) but not for other states.  To find regulations online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW.  Some states publish their regulations on the Internet; check the particular state’s homepage.              

Cases  

            Federal.  To find federal cases in print pertaining to Health Law, consult the Descriptive Word Index to West’s Federal Practice Digest, 4^th Floor.  The Digest Topic and Key Number you obtain will lead you to relevant case synopses.

  To find cases online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW  or go to: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html#federal, or visit the website of the specific court on the Internet.  Some, but not all, courts publish cases online.

            State.   To find state cases in print pertaining to Health Law, consult the Descriptive Word Index to the West’s Digest for the particular state, e.g., New Jersey Digest, 4^th Floor, other state digests (and regional digests when no state digest is available), 3^rdFloor. The Digest Topic and Key Number you obtain will lead you to relevant cases. 

                          To find cases online, use LEXIS or WESTLAW  or go  to:  http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.html#statelaw, or visit the court website.

                           Federal and state case law developments may also be followed in health law reporters. 

·      The BNA Health Law Reporter and  CCH Internet Research NetWork available online.  (See above.)  

·      Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter: KF480.A15 M37 (5^th Floor). 

·      National Disability Law Reporter:  KF3469.N37  (5^th Floor). 

Bibliographies

                To find available bibliographies on health policy, search the catalog under the keywords “(specific topic) bibliography.”  Examples of  health policy bibliographies are: 

·      Caldwell, Jr., U.S. Health Law and Policy 2001: A Guide to the Current Literature:  KF3821.A1 C35 (5^th Floor). 

·      National Library of Medicine’s Current Bibliographies in Medicine series: online (from 1992) at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/resources.html 

Periodical Literature 

   To find periodicals on health policy, search the catalog using the title, if known, or use a word search: “(specific topic) periodicals.”  Examples of major health periodicals held by the Library on the 5^th Floor:

·        American Journal of Bioethics:  R725.5 A55 (Reserve).

·        American Journal of Law and Medicine:  K1.M445; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW.

·        Annals of Health Law:  KF3821.A15 A5; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW..

·        Hastings Center Report:  R724.H27b; also on  LEXIS, Social Sciences Full Text, Health Reference Center Academic and Health and Wellness Resource Center, Academic Search Premier and Wilson Select Plus.

·        Health Affairs:  RA410.A1 H36; also on LEXIS, WESTLAW,  ProQuest and Academic Search Premier

·        The Health Lawyer:  KF3821.A15 H39; also on  LEXIS and WESTLAW.

·        Health Matrix:  RA1001.H42; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW. Academic Search Premier, Hein-On-Line, Wilson Select Plus.

·        IRB:  R724.I2, also on  Academic Search Premier.

·        Issues in Law and Medicine:  KF480.A15 I87,also on Academic Search Premier, LegalTrac, Wilson Select Plus.

·        JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association:  R15.A48 (from 2002); 3^rd Floor microfiche (from 1989); also on WESTLAW.

·        The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy:  K10.O8575; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW and Hein-On-Line

·        Journal of Healthcare Law and Policy:  K10.O8645; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW and Wilson Select Plus

·        Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law:  RA395.A3 J68; also on WESTLAW.

·        Journal of Law and Health: K10.O87327; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW and Health and Wellness Resource Center and Health Reference Center Academic and LegalTrac.

·        The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics:  KF3821.A15; also on LEXIS, WESTLAW, Academic Search Premier, Health and Wellness Resource Center, Health Reference Center Academic, and  LegalTrac.

·        Journal of Legal Medicine:  K10.O8737; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW, Ingenta Online Journals, and Academic Search Premier.

·        Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal:  QH332.K46, also on ProQuest.

·        Lancet:  R31.L3 (from 2002); 3^rd Floor microfiche (from 1995), also on Academic Search Premier, Health and Wellness Resource Center, and Health Reference Center Academic.

·        The Milbank Quarterly:  RA418.3U6 M54, also on Academic Search Premier.

·        The New England Journal of Medicine:  R11.B7 (from 2002); 3^rd Floor microfiche (from 1990); also on LEXIS and WESTLAW

·        Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics:  K29.A335; also on LEXIS and WESTLAW.  

The full text of some periodicals will be available electronically on LEXIS or WESTLAW (choose area of law by topic) and/or through University Libraries' subscriptions  (go to the Seton Hall Library home page, select Online Subscriptions Subject Listing or Alphabetical Listing, then Full-text Electronic Journals (Seton Hall Libraries) or Seton Hall University Libraries Electronic Databases  or specific journals under Health in the Subject Listing; see the librarian for any required passwords). 

               The Index to Legal Periodicals (print - 4^th Floor), Wilsonweb's  Legal Periodicals Full Text and Infotrac (both online - Seton Hall Library home page, select Online Subscriptions Subject Listing -under Periodical Searching - or Alphabetical Listing) provide access to articles on Health Law through a topic search.

Government Publications  

               To find recent government publications related to Health Law, go to the Monthly Catalog of  Government Publications: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cgp/index.html.  

               Links to the National Institutes of Health comprehensive health databases Medline and PubMed, as well as to the federal agencies charged with health issues, may be found at: http://health.nih.gov/    

Internet Sources

              An extensive listing of websites dedicated to health policy, law, and information may be accessed at the Seton Hall Library home page:  Choose Law/Research Links, then LAW, then Part 2 (from the yellow menu), then scroll down to Health & Medicine.  A particularly useful site that also serves as a gateway to major health related sites is:  http://health.nih.gov/.