Format:
1 Online-Ressource (656 p.)
ISBN:
9780520967731
Content:
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 for use by practitioners, policy makers, scholars, and teachers alike, the reader can be used as a stand-alone resource or alongside the internationally acclaimed Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, 3rd Edition. This updated edition reader includes new discussions of today’s most pressing health threats, such as chronic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, biosecurity, opioid overdose, gun violence, and health disparities
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Illustrations and Tables
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Preface to the Third Edition
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Part One. Conceptual Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics
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1. Law and the Public’s Health: Mapping the Terrain
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2. Public Health Ethics: Science, Values, and the Regulation of Risk
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Part Two. Legal Foundations of Public Health
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3. Public Health Powers and Duties
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4. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment
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5. Public Health Governance: Administrative Agencies and Local Governments
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Part Three. Modes of Legal Intervention
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6. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety
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7. Tort Liability as Indirect Regulation
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8. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net
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Part Four. Public Health Law in Context
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9. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information
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10. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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11. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
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12. Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
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13. Injury and Violence Prevention
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14. Health Justice
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About the Authors
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General Index
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Index of Cases
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In English
Additional Edition:
9780520294660
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print 9780520294660
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520967731
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