Law in Public Health PracticeRichard Alan Goodman Public health practice subsumes epidemiology, medicine, law, biostatistics, microbiology, environmental studies and many other disciplines, all in the context of governmental practices and politics. Continually changing health threats, technologies, science, and demographics require public health professionals to have an understanding of law sufficient to address complex new problems. Law in Public Health is designed to meet the need of public health practitioners, lawyers, health-care providers, law and public health educators and students. The book is written jointly by experts in law and in public health. The first eleven chapters give a thorough review of the legal basis and authorities for core elements of public health practice. The remaining nine chapters focus on high-priority as well as emerging areas of law and public health, including genomics, communicable diseases, public health emergencies, reproductive health, tobacco prevention, and environmental, injury, and occupational issues. |
Contents
The Foundations | 3 |
Principles and Applications of Administrative | 23 |
Ethics and the Practice of Public Health | 47 |
Criminal Law and Public Health Practice | 63 |
International Considerations | 93 |
Interaction Between Public Health Practitioners and Legal Counsel | 123 |
Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations | 143 |
Public Health Research and Health Information | 160 |
THE LAW IN CONTROLLING AND PREVENTING | 243 |
The Public Health Imperative and Individual | 262 |
Control of Foodborne Diseases | 285 |
Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections | 307 |
Tobacco Prevention and Control | 323 |
Reproductive Health | 348 |
Environmental Health and Protection | 371 |
Injury Prevention and the Law | 399 |
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References to this book
National Security H.H. Chen,R. Ramesh,Raghu Santanam,Ajay S. Vinze,Daniel D. Zeng No preview available - 2007 |