Law in Public Health Practice
Richard A. Goodman, Richard E. Hoffman, Wilfredo Lopez, Gene W. Matthews, Mark Rothstein, and Karen Foster
Abstract
Continually changing health threats, technologies, science, and demographics require that public health professionals have an understanding of law sufficient to address complex new problems as they come into being. This book provides a 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. Each chapter is authored jointly by experts in law and public health. This second edition features three new chapters, with several others revised and updated. New chap ... More
Continually changing health threats, technologies, science, and demographics require that public health professionals have an understanding of law sufficient to address complex new problems as they come into being. This book provides a 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. Each chapter is authored jointly by experts in law and public health. This second edition features three new chapters, with several others revised and updated. New chapters address such topics as the statutory bases for US public health systems and practice, the judiciary role in public health, and chronic disease prevention and control. 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 health applications 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, and disabilities. This section includes chapters on genomics, vaccinations, foodborne illness, STDs, reproductive health, chronic disease control, tobacco use, and occupational and environmental health.
Keywords:
health threats,
public health practice,
criminal law,
legal counsel,
legal authorities,
intervention,
public health emergencies,
preventing diseases,
environmental health
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195301489 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301489.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Richard A. Goodman, editor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard E. Hoffman, editor
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Wilfredo Lopez, editor
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Gene W. Matthews, editor
Atlanta, GA
Mark Rothstein, editor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Karen Foster, editor
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