Law in Public Health Practice

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

• ISBN13: 9780195148718
• ISBN10: 0195148711
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xvii
Legal Glossary for Public Health Practitioners	p. xxiii
Introduction: The Interdependency of Law and Public Health	p. xxvii
Perspective: Law and Great Public Health Achievements	p. 3
Legal Basis for Public Health Practice
The Law and the Public's Health: The Foundations	p. 25
The Structure of Law in Public Health Systems and Practice	p. 45
Regulating Public Health: Principles and Application of Administrative Law	p. 69
Public Health and the Judiciary	p. 89
Ethics and the Practice of Public Health	p. 110
Criminal Law and Public Health Practice	p. 136
International Considerations	p. 168
The Law and Core Public Health Applications
Legal Counsel to Public Health Practitioners	p. 199
Frontline Public Health: Surveillance and Field Epidemiology	p. 222
Identifiable Health Information and the Public's Health: Practice, Research, and Policy	p. 238
Legal Authorities for Interventions in Public Health Emergencies	p. 262
Considerations for Special Populations	p. 284
The Law in Controlling and Preventing Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities
Integrating Genetics into Public Health Policy and Practice	p. 323
Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights	p. 338
Control of Foodborne Diseases	p. 361
Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections	p. 385
Prevention and Control of Chronic Disease	p. 402
Prevention and Control of Diseases Associated with Tobacco Use through Law and Policy	p. 427
Reproductive Health	p. 452
Environmental Health and Protection	p. 478
Injury Prevention	p. 506
Occupational Safety and Health Law	p. 528
Index	p. 551
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