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Author:   Lawrence O. Gostin ,  Lindsay F. Wiley
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780520294660

ISBN 10:   0520294661
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   02 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART ONE. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS 1. Law and the Public’s Health: Mapping the Terrain 2. Public Health Ethics: Science, Values, and the Regulation of Risk PART TWO. LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 3. Public Health Powers and Duties 4. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment 5. Public Health Governance: Administrative Agencies and Local Governments PART THREE. MODES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION 6. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety 7. Tort Liability as Indirect Regulation 8. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net PART FOUR. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN CONTEXT 9. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information 10. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control 11. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response 12. Noncommunicable Disease Prevention 13. Injury and Violence Prevention 14. Health Justice About the Authors Index

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Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor and Founding  Linda D. and Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He is also the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law and Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.   Lindsay F. Wiley is Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law where she directs the Health Law and Policy Program. She is President of the American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics and a former member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.

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