Public health law : power, duty, restraint / Lawrence O. Gostin, and Lindsay F. Wiley.
2016
KF3775 .G67 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Public health law : power, duty, restraint / Lawrence O. Gostin, and Lindsay F. Wiley.
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Edition
Third edition.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xxviii, 734 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A theory and definition of public health law
Risk regulation : a systemic evaluation
Public health law in the constitutional design : public health powers and duties
Constitutional limits on the exercise of public health powers : safeguarding individual rights and freedoms
Public health governance : delegation and democracy
Direct regulation for the public's health and safety
Tort law and the public's health : indirect regulation
Taxation, spending, and the social safety net : hidden effects on public health
Surveillance and public health research : privacy, security, and confidentiality of personal health information
Infectious disease prevention and control
Public health emergency preparedness : terrorism, pandemics, and disasters
Non-communicable disease prevention : promoting healthier lifestyles
Injury and violence prevention from a public health perspective : promoting safer lifestyles
Health justice and the future of public health law.
Risk regulation : a systemic evaluation
Public health law in the constitutional design : public health powers and duties
Constitutional limits on the exercise of public health powers : safeguarding individual rights and freedoms
Public health governance : delegation and democracy
Direct regulation for the public's health and safety
Tort law and the public's health : indirect regulation
Taxation, spending, and the social safety net : hidden effects on public health
Surveillance and public health research : privacy, security, and confidentiality of personal health information
Infectious disease prevention and control
Public health emergency preparedness : terrorism, pandemics, and disasters
Non-communicable disease prevention : promoting healthier lifestyles
Injury and violence prevention from a public health perspective : promoting safer lifestyles
Health justice and the future of public health law.
Summary
"In this bold new edition, Gostin is joined by coauthor Lindsay F. Wiley to analyze the crucial role of law in addressing today's major health threats, including emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism, natural disasters, car fatalities, gun violence, opioid overdoses, and chronic diseases caused by tobacco use, poor diet, and physical inactivity. The book creates an intellectual framework for the modern field of public health law and supports that framework with illustrations of the scientific, political, and ethical issues involved. In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the public's health, Gostin and Wiley's essential study provides a blueprint for coming public and political debates in this dynamic field. New issues covered in this edition: Corporate personhood rights raised in response to regulations of tobacco, food and beverages, alcohol, firearms, prescription drugs, and marijuana; local government authority to protect the public's health; deregulation and harm reduction as modes of public health law intervention; taxation, spending, and alteration of the socioeconomic environment as modes of public health law intervention; access to health care as a strategy for protecting the public's health; taxation, spending, licensing, zoning, and shared-use strategies for chronic disease prevention; the public health law perspective on violence and injury prevention; health justice as a framework for reducing health disparities and protecting the public's health"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-717) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF3775 .G67 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780520282650 (paperback; alkaline paper)
0520282655 (paperback; alkaline paper)
9780520958586 (electronic)
0520958586
0520282655 (paperback; alkaline paper)
9780520958586 (electronic)
0520958586
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