Health Law: What Does It Mean To You?

By: Darcy Ammerman · February 9, 2009 · Filed Under Civil Rights, Health Law, Law School · Add Comment 

The Health Law Student Association (HLSA) at the University of Ottawa brings together people who have a common interest in the area of Health Law.

However, when questioned, most members of the HLSA (myself included) will probably struggle for some kind of coherent definition. The more I plunge into the depths of Health Law, the more I realize that a definitive scope of what Health Law entails is just not a reality.

Instead, the ebb and flow of the Health Law stream seems highly dependent on the particular lawyer or health practitioner you ask, on the particular law firm, organization, or hospital you’re involved with, or simply on the whim of the funding allocation decisions of the government of the day.

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