California Civil Rights: Stealth Clause

Stealth Capture: The Civil Rights Movement and the Implementation of Medicare

David Barton Smith (dbs36@ drexel.edu) is Emeritus Professor, Program in Health Management and Policy, Temple University and Research Professor, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. A documentary film related to this story (produced by Barbara Berney, working title "The Power to Heal" and supported by the National Endowment for Humanities) is currently in the editing process and...

Sociological Meta-Analysis of Civil Rights

Introduction: Citizenship rights is a set of rules governing society in relation to politics, institutions, governments and civil society. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the awareness of citizenship rights using meta-analysis. Method: The mechanism of conducting research is meta-analysis-quantitative. The purpose of this method is to integrate, systemati...

Sociological Meta-Analysis of Civil Rights

Introduction: Citizenship rights is a set of rules governing society in relation to politics, institutions, governments and civil society. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the awareness of citizenship rights using meta-analysis. Method: The mechanism of conducting research is meta-analysis-quantitative. The purpose of this method is to integrate, systemati...

GINA, genism, and civil rights.

Culminating its 13-year legislative gestation, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), was signed by President George W. Bush on May 21, 2008. GINA is the first major federal law to come out of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) portion of the Human Genome Project. The passage of GINA has been widely celebrated. For the genetic research community, the act was sought...

The Paradox of Civil Rights