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Written jointly by experts in law and in public health, this book is designed specifically for public health practitioners, lawyers, healthcare providers, and law and public health educators and students. It identifies, defines, and clarifies the complex principles of law as they bear on the practic...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goodman, Richard A. (Richard Alan), 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Public health laws > United States.
Public health personnel > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Public health > United States.
Public Health Practice > legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Santé publique > États-Unis.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Public health
Public health laws
Public health personnel > Legal status, laws, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The law and the public's health: the foundations / Lawrence O. Gostin, F. Ed Thompson, and Frank P. Grad
  • The structure of law in public health systems and practice / Richard A. Goodman [and others]
  • Regulating public health: principles and application of administrative law / Peter D. Jacobson, Richard E. Hoffman, and Wilfredo Lopez
  • Public health and the judiciary / Daniel D. Stier and Diane M. Nicks
  • Ethics and the practice of public health / Ruth Gaaer Bernheim, Phillip Nieburg, and Richard J. Bonnie
  • Criminal law and public health practice / Zita Lazzarini, Richard A. Goodman, and Kim S. Dammers
  • International considerations / David P. Fidler and Martin S. Cetron
  • Legal counsel to public health practitioners / Wilfredo Lopez and Thomas R. Frieden
  • Frontline public health: surveillance and outbreak investigations / Verla S. Neslund, Richard A. Goodman, and James L. Hadler
  • Identifiable health information and the public's health: practice, research, and policy / James G. Hodge, Jr. [and others]
  • Legal authorities for interventions in public health emergencies / Gene W. Matthews [and others]
  • Considerations for special populations / T. Howard Stone [and others].
  • Integrating genomics into public health policy and practice / Ellen Wright Clayton and Mark A. Rothstein
  • Vaccination mandates: the public health imperative and individual rights / Kevin M. Malone and Alan R. Hinman
  • Control of foodborne diseases / Leslie Kux, Jeremy Sobel, and Kevin Fain
  • Bloodborne and sexually transmitted infections / Edward P. Richards, III, and Guthrie S. Birkhead
  • Chronic disease control / Angela K. McGowan [and others]
  • Prevention and control of diseases associated with tobacco use / Richard A. Daynard [and others]
  • Reproductive health / Bebe J. Anderson, Maurizio Macaluso, and Lynne S. Wilcox
  • Environmental health and protection / Paul A. Locke [and others]
  • Injury prevention / Daniel D. Stier, James A. Mercy, and Melvin Kohn
  • Occupational safety and health law / Gary Rischitelli and Mark A. Silverstein.