Leslie P. Francis is distinguished Alfred C. Emery professor of law, distinguished professor of philosophy, and director of the Center for Law & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Utah. She has been president of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association; co-chair of the Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security committee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; and a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Ethics. John G. Francis is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Utah. He publishes in the areas of comparative public policy and electoral politics, regulation, federalism, industrial policy, British electoral choice, and expanding voting access. His comparative work on American and European politics spans topics from environmental policy to health policies such as the trade in organs, HIV testing and vaccinations for athletes.

• Preface Chapter 1: States of Health for Bioethics Chapter 2: Federalism: Justifications and Limits Chapter 3: Differences Among States Chapter 4: The Complications of Federalism for Public Health Chapter 5: The Federal Government, the States, and Health Chapter 6: Care Quality and the States Chapter 7: End of Life Decisions-Convergence or Variation? Chapter 8: States, Health Information, and Patient Confidentiality Chapter 9: Experimentation and State Variations: The Example of Drugs Chapter 10: Reproduction and the States Epilogue: The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Federalism: When Care Divides

In 1932 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis famously compared individual states to laboratories trying 'novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.' States of Health comprehensively examines the ways in which federalism in health care sometimes makes both our physical health and democracy sicker. From the spread of pandemics to travel for abortion, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what ails U.S. health care and how to fix it.

Leslie P. Francis is distinguished Alfred C. Emery professor of law, distinguished professor of philosophy, and director of the Center for Law & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Utah. She has been president of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association; co-chair of the Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security committee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; and a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Ethics. John G. Francis is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Utah. He publishes in the areas of comparative public policy and electoral politics, regulation, federalism, industrial policy, British electoral choice, and expanding voting access. His comparative work on American and European politics spans topics from environmental policy to health policies such as the trade in organs, HIV testing and vaccinations for athletes.

• Preface Chapter 1: States of Health for Bioethics Chapter 2: Federalism: Justifications and Limits Chapter 3: Differences Among States Chapter 4: The Complications of Federalism for Public Health Chapter 5: The Federal Government, the States, and Health Chapter 6: Care Quality and the States Chapter 7: End of Life Decisions-Convergence or Variation? Chapter 8: States, Health Information, and Patient Confidentiality Chapter 9: Experimentation and State Variations: The Example of Drugs Chapter 10: Reproduction and the States Epilogue: The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Federalism: When Care Divides

In 1932 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis famously compared individual states to laboratories trying 'novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.' States of Health comprehensively examines the ways in which federalism in health care sometimes makes both our physical health and democracy sicker. From the spread of pandemics to travel for abortion, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what ails U.S. health care and how to fix it.

Leslie P. Francis is distinguished Alfred C. Emery professor of law, distinguished professor of philosophy, and director of the Center for Law & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Utah. She has been president of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association; co-chair of the Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security committee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; and a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Ethics. John G. Francis is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Utah. He publishes in the areas of comparative public policy and electoral politics, regulation, federalism, industrial policy, British electoral choice, and expanding voting access. His comparative work on American and European politics spans topics from environmental policy to health policies such as the trade in organs, HIV testing and vaccinations for athletes.

• Preface Chapter 1: States of Health for Bioethics Chapter 2: Federalism: Justifications and Limits Chapter 3: Differences Among States Chapter 4: The Complications of Federalism for Public Health Chapter 5: The Federal Government, the States, and Health Chapter 6: Care Quality and the States Chapter 7: End of Life Decisions-Convergence or Variation? Chapter 8: States, Health Information, and Patient Confidentiality Chapter 9: Experimentation and State Variations: The Example of Drugs Chapter 10: Reproduction and the States Epilogue: The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Federalism: When Care Divides

In 1932 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis famously compared individual states to laboratories trying 'novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.' States of Health comprehensively examines the ways in which federalism in health care sometimes makes both our physical health and democracy sicker. From the spread of pandemics to travel for abortion, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what ails U.S. health care and how to fix it.