Reconsidering law and policy debates : a public health perspective /
"This book offers fresh approaches to a variety of social and political issues that have become highly polarized and resistant to compromise by examining them through a population-based public health perspective. The topics included are some of the most contentious: abortion and reproductive ri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Birth and Death: 1. Beyond privacy: a population approach to reproductive rights Wendy E. Parmet; 2. Stretching the boundaries of public health: should end of life care be a public health issue? Diane E. Hoffmann; Part II. The Limits of Civil Rights: 3. Dying while black in America: Maslow's hierarchy of need and racial policy-making Vernellia Randall; 4. Public health and marriage (equality) John G. Culhane; Part III. Dimensions of Violence: 5. Using public health to reform the legal and justice response to domestic violence Evan Stark; 6. Law and policy approaches to keeping guns from high risk people Jon S. Vernick, Daniel W. Webster and Katherine Vittes; Part IV. Beyond Compensation: Public Features of Private Litigation: 7. Tort litigation for the public's health Elizabeth Weeks Leonard; 8. Punitive damages and the public health agenda Jean Macchiaroli Eggen.