The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Emerging Issues in Patient Rights and Public Health
5109.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Emerging Issues in Patient Rights and Public Health
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
12:30 PMPatient rights, tort reform, and the new medical malpractice crisis
Julia Field Costich, PhD, JD
12:50 PMERISA and State Health Reform: Interpreting Rush v Moran
Joanna K. Weinberg, JD, LLM
1:10 PMPatient rights in the ambulance: Emergency department overcrowding and ambulance diversion
Christie L. Hager, JD, MPH
1:30 PMBaby abandonment laws: Is the solution worse than the problem?
Mary Zoller, MPA, Adam Pertman
Organized by:Health Law Forum
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA