Guides: Health Law Research Guide: Primary Law Sources

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Full-text Case Law Databases
The following Case Law databases contain health care law-related court opinions.

West Topic and Key Number System and LexisNexis Topics

Case law on health care issues can also be located using the West Topic and Key Number system under Health and Mental Health in Westlaw and LexisNexis Topics in LexisNexis. For more information on case law research generally and finding case law by topic, see our Case Law Research Tutorial.

Fifty State Surveys on Healthcare Topics by Westlaw
Topics include: Health Care - Fraud and Abuse,
Health Care Facilities, Health Insurance Oversight, Health Care Providers, Health Care Expenses, Long Term Care, Mandated Benefits, Medical Malpractice, Medicaid and Indigent Care, Pharmaceuticals, Records and Recordkeeping
State by State Guide to Managed Care Law
Call Number: KF3825 .S72
Key court decisions, state managed care policies and practices, and codes and regulations regarding managed care organizations.
National Survey of State Laws
Call Number: KF386 .N38
Provides charts containing state laws on variety of topics. Health law topics include abortion, medical records, and the right to die.

Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories
Provides list of legislative histories for federal statutes.
ProQuest Congressional
Search by citation, keyword, or subject (e.g., medicine) to find available legislative history documents.

For more information on researching legislative history, see our extensive Legislative History Research Guide.