Charles G. Kels

Jan 8, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | Charles G. Kels |Barak D. Richman

To the Editor The use of telecommunications by patients and physicians to reduce unnecessary office visits is nearly as old as the telephone itself. A recent Viewpoint1 argued compellingly for state medical boards to adopt enduring flexibilities to support interstate telemedicine, not just temporary measures during public health emergencies.

Mar 13, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Charles G. Kels |Lawrence O. Gostin |Michele Goodwin

To the Editor IHL regulates the special circumstances of armed conflict. It strikes a delicate balance between military and humanitarian imperatives by sanctioning lethal force against legitimate targets while seeking to mitigate the horrors of war.1 As a recent Viewpoint2 astutely noted, the protection of health facilities, medical personnel, and patients lies at the heart of the IHL framework and provided the impetus for the earliest efforts to codify the rules of warfare.

Nov 14, 2023 | justsecurity.org | Charles G. Kels

In his essay in these pages calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, Professor Adil Haque argues that Israel’s response to the October 7 terror attacks has violated proportionality in the exercise of national self-defense, and that this meaning of proportionality provides legal support for the ceasefire he advocates. I respectfully disagree with his assessment of the current state of law on the right of self-defense, in particular, the legal understanding of proportionality.