Health Care Law: Treatises & Books

Frequently, you will need to begin your research by getting an overview of the subject. Treatises and books assist you in this research by collecting and analyzing the primary law on a topic. By beginning your research with these secondary sources, you can discover citations to primary materials and the terminology to research those materials.

Selected list of titles related to health care in the Reserve collection of the Pappas Law Library:

  • Biotechnology and the Law (ABA 2007)
    Law Reserve KF 3133 B56 B563 2007
  • Biotechnology: Law, Business and Regulation (1999- )
    Law Reserve KF 1893 B56 M35 1999
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • (3d. ed. 2007)
    Law Reserve KF 3871 O712
  • Health Care Law and Ethics in a Nutshell
    Law Reserve KF 3821 Z9 H35 1999
  • Health Law (2d. ed. 2000)
    KF 3821 H42 2000
  • The Law of Health Care Finance and Organization (5th ed. 2004)
    Law Reserve KF 3821 A7 L385 2004
  • Medicare and Medicaid Claims and Procedures (3d ed. 2001- )
    Law Reserve KF 3608 A4 M3 2001


Locating other books and treatises

Use the BU Library Catalog to identify scholarly monographs

  • WORD search to find books by title or subject
  • SUBJECT HEADINGS searching uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. Relevant subject headings for legal ethics are, for example,
    • Medical laws and legislation -- United States
    • Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
    • Insurance, Health -- Law and legislation -- United States
    • Medical ethics -- United States

To request books that are not at the Boston University libraries, use our online Interlibrary Loan service.

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Last updated: September 2008