Law in Public Health Practice

by Goodman, Richard A.; Hoffman, Richard E.; Lopez, Wilfredo; Matthews, Gene W.; Rothstein, Mark A.; Foster, Karen L.

• ISBN13: 9780195301489
• ISBN10: 019530148X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Continually changing health threats, technologies, science, and demographics require that public health professionals have an understanding of law sufficient to address complex new public health challenges as they come into being. Law in Public Health Practice, Second Edition provides athorough review of the legal basis and authorities for the core elements of public health practice and solid discussions of existing and emerging high-priority areas where law and public health intersect. As in the previous edition, each chapter is authored jointly by experts in law and public health. This new edition features three completely new chapters, with several others thoroughly revised and updated. New chapters address such topics as the structure of law in US public health systems andpractice, the role of the judiciary in public health, and law in chronic disease prevention and control. The chapter on public health emergencies has also been fully revised to take into account both the SARS epidemic of 2003 and the events of the Fall of 2001. The chapter now discusses topicssuch as the legal basis for declaring emergencies, the legal structure of mutual aid agreements, and the role of the military in emergencies. Other fully revised chapters include those on genomics, injury prevention, identifiable health information, and ethics in the practice of public health. The book begins with a section on the legal basis for public health practice, including foundations and structure of the law, discussions of the judiciary, ethics and practice of public health, and criminal law and international considerations. The second section focuses on core public healthapplications and the law, and includes chapters on legal counsel for public health practitioners, legal authorities for interventions in public health emergencies, and considerations for special populations. The third section discusses the law in controlling and preventing diseases, injuries, anddisabilities. This section includes chapters on genomics, vaccinations, foodborne illness, STDs, reproductive health, chronic disease control, tobacco use, and occupational and environmental health. All chapters take a practical approach and are written in an accessible, user-friendly fashion. This is an excellent resource for a wide readership of public health practitioners, lawyers, and healthcare providers, as well as for educators and students of law and public health.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xvii
Legal Glossary for Public Health Practitioners	xxiii
Introduction: The Interdependency of Law and Public Health	xxvii
Wendy E. Parmet
Perspective: Law and Great Public Health Achievements	3	(22)
Anthony D. Moulton
Richard A. Goodman
Wendy E. Parmet
Section I. Legal Basis for Public Health Practice
The Law and the Public's Health: The Foundations	25	(20)
Lawrence O. Gostin
F. Ed Thompson
Frank P. Grad
The Structure of Law in Public Health Systems and Practice	45	(24)
Richard A. Goodman
Paula L. Kocher
Daniel J. O'Brien
Frank S. Alexander
Regulating Public Health: Principles and Application of Administrative Law	69	(20)
Peter D. Jacobson
Richard E. Hoffman
Wilfredo Lopez
Public Health and the Judiciary	89	(21)
Daniel D. Stier
Diane M. Nicks
Ethics and the Practice of Public Health	110	(26)
Ruth Gaare Bernheim
Phillip Nieburg
Richard J. Bonnie
Criminal Law and Public Health Practice	136	(32)
Zita Lazzarini
Richard A. Goodman
Kim S. Dammers
International Considerations	168	(31)
David P. Fidler
Martin S. Cetron
Section II. The Law and Core Public Health Applications
Legal Counsel to Public Health Practitioners	199	(23)
Wilfredo Lopez
Thomas R. Frieden
Frontline Public Health: Surveillance and Field Epidemiology	222	(16)
Verla S. Neslund
Richard A. Goodman
James L. Hadler
Identifiable Health Information and the Public's Health: Practice, Research, and Policy	238	(24)
James G. Hodge, Jr.
Richard E. Hoffman
Deborah W. Tress
Verla S. Neslund
Legal Authorities for Interventions in Public Health Emergencies	262	(22)
Gene W. Matthews
Ernest B. Abbott
Richard E. Hoffman
Martin S. Cetron
Considerations for Special Populations	284	(39)
T. Howard Stone
Heather H. Horton
Robert M. Pestronk
Montrece M. Ransom
Section III. The Law in Controlling and Preventing Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities
Integrating Genetics into Public Health Policy and Practice	323	(15)
Ellen Wright Clayton
Mark A. Rothstein
Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights	338	(23)
Kevin M. Malone
Alan R. Hinman
Control of Foodborne Diseases	361	(24)
Leslie Kux
Jeremy Sobel
Kevin M. Fain
Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections	385	(17)
Edward P. Richards III
Guthrie S. Birkhead
Prevention and Control of Chronic Disease	402	(25)
Angela K. McGowan
Ross C. Brownson
Lynne S. Wilcox
George A. Mensah
Prevention and Control of Diseases Associated with Tobacco Use through Law and Policy	427	(25)
Richard A. Daynard
Mark A. Gottlieb
Edward L. Sweda, Jr.
Lissy C. Friedman
Michael P. Eriksen
Reproductive Health	452	(26)
Bebe J. Anderson
Maurizio Macaluso
Lynne S. Wilcox
Environmental Health and Protection	478	(28)
Paul A. Locke
Henry Falk
Christopher S. Kochtitzky
Christine P. Bump
Injury Prevention	506	(22)
Daniel D. Stier
James A. Mercy
Melvin Kohn
Occupational Safety and Health Law	528	(23)
Gary Rischitelli
Michael A. Silverstein
Index	551