Operationalizing Power in Health Law: The Hospital Abolition Hypothesis

Authors

Matthew B. Lawrence, Emory University School of LawFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

0000-0003-4748-501X

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Keywords

Hospital Abolition, Health Law, Health Quality, Health Access, Equity

Abstract

This symposium Article describes how prison abolitionist arguments also support the hypothesis that a defining goal of health law should be the abolition of hospitals. Like prison abolitionism, the hospital abolition hypothesis can provide a constructive way to shift the focus of legal analysis from substantive dimensions (in health law — cost, quality, access, and equity) to the dimension of power.

First Page

364

Publication Title

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Comments

© The Author(s), 2024

Recommended Citation

Matthew B. Lawrence, Operationalizing Power in Health Law: The Hospital Abolition Hypothesis, 52 J.L. Med. & Ethics 364 (2024).