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Public health law and ethics : a reader / edited by Lawrence O. Gostin.

Title
Public health law and ethics : a reader / edited by Lawrence O. Gostin.
Publication
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; New York, N.Y. : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe)
  • Milbank Memorial Fund
Description
xxxi, 523 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 4
Uniform Title
California/Milbank books on health and the public 4.
Subject
  • Ethics
  • Human Rights
  • Medizinische Ethik
  • Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Public health > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Public health laws > United States
  • Recht
  • Santé publique > Aspect moral
  • Santé publique > Droit > États-Unis
  • United States
  • Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen
Genre/Form
Collected Work
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-507) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Public Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights: Mapping the Issues -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS -- 2. Public Health: The Population-Based Perspective -- 3. Public Health Ethics: The Communitarian Tradition -- 4. Human Rights and Public Health -- 5. Reasoning in Public Health: Philosophy, Risk, and Cost -- PART TWO: THE LAW AND THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH -- 6. Public Health Duties and Powers -- 7. Public Health and the Protection -- 8. Public Health Regulation of Property and the Professions -- 9. Tort Litigation for the Public's Health -- PART THREE: TENSIONS AND RECURRING THEMES -- 10. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy and the "Right to Know" -- 11. Health Promotion: Education, Persuasion, and Free Expression -- 12. Biological Interventions to Control Infectious Disease: Immunization, Screening, and Treatment -- 13. Restrictions of the Person: Civil Confinement and Criminal Punishment -- PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- 14. Vision and Challenges: Case Studies on Emerging Infections, Bioterrorism, and Public Health Genetics.
ISBN
  • 9780520231740 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520231740 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520231757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520231759 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001049172
OCLC
47521457
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library