Incorporating Health Law into Law School and Public Health School Curricula

Health Law as Interdisciplinary Field to layers:
– goes among the spectrum of foundational legal courses (Constitutional law, Administrative law, Tort law, Law of contracts, Criminal law, Intellectual Property, Human Rights), need for unifying perspective
– requires knowledge of law as well as substantive medical and public health knowledge
Development of health law curricula should involve lawyer as well as public health expert Interdisciplinary research and educational health law centers with interdisciplinary faculty Joint degree programs (Juris Doctor or LLM/ Master of Public Health, Health Administration, Law and Bioethics)