Submitting a Post

Health Law Matters welcomes unsolicited original submissions for consideration on any health law and policy topic.

Posts that are grounded in the current Canadian context are preferred, although any well-written piece that confronts an important health law or policy issue will be considered.  They should be critical but can be opinion- or experience-influenced, or they can summarize and assess recent and emerging jurisprudence. 

Submissions for editorial review should be be sent as a Microsoft Word document to ASteger@dal.ca with the words “Health Law Matters Submission” in the subject line.  Typically, authors can expect to have an initial response from the managing editor within 10 business days of submission.  All submissions are subject to editorial review, but Health Law Matters is NOT a peer reviewed blog.

Style: Content should be presented in opinion/editorial format, rather than as an academic précis. Authors should avoid academic jargon.

Length: 500 – 1,000 words

Language: We encourage submissions in French or English.

Title:  Keep it short and to the point. Make sure that it includes relevant searchable terms. The title must be 50 characters or less (including spaces). 

Links: While footnotes or in-text citations are acceptable, embedded hyperlinks in the Word document is preferred. All links are subject to editorial discretion and approval.

Author Affiliation: Posts can have up to three authors.  Each author should provide a one-line bio with your institutional or professional affiliation(s), Twitter handle, and personal website (if applicable). Do not include degrees.  

Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose potential conflicts of interest.  A conflict of interest exists when the author’s objectivity may be influenced by professional or personal affiliations or contributions, financial compensation, the prospect of financial gain, or the prospect of professional advancement. Professional or personal affiliations will be considered a conflict of interest when there is overlap between the affiliation(s) and the subject matter of a commentary. Our goal is to ensure that our readers are aware of our authors’ interests.

Re-Posting Blogs: Health Law Matters permits non-commercial redistribution of commentaries, as long as the original commentary is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author and a link to the original Health Law Matters blog. For commercial reprints, please contact the Managing Editor.

For more information contact Amanda Steger, Managing Editor at ASteger@dal.ca.

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