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Public health law and ethics : a reader /

"Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader, 3rd Edition probes the legal and ethical issues at the heart of public health through an incisive selection of judicial opinions, scholarly articles, and government reports. Crafted to be accessible to students while thorough enough to be used by practit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe) (Editor ), Wiley, Lindsay F., 1977- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Edición:Third edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Law and the public's health : mapping the terrain
  • Public health ethics : science, values, and the regulation of risk
  • Public health powers and duties
  • Public health and the protection of individual rights
  • Public health governance : administrative agencies and local governments
  • Direct regulation for the public's health and safety
  • Tort liability as indirect regulation
  • Taxation, spending, and the social safety net
  • Surveillance and public health research
  • Infectious disease prevention and control
  • Public health emergency preparedness
  • Noncommunicable disease prevention
  • Injury and violence prevention
  • Health justice.