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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe) (Editor), Wiley, Lindsay F., 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Public health laws > United States.
Public health > Moral and ethical aspects.
Santé publique > Aspect moral.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW > Health.
Public health laws
Public health > Moral and ethical aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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