Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"The organization of the book, with a series of substantive analyses of a range of public health areas gives a good snapshot of issues... Authors have approached their areas with a clear expression of why they are urgent and necessary." --Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
"...the book makes an important and needed contribution to educating professionals while invigorating and advancing the partnership between law and public health." --Journal of Legal Medicine
"The reader is invited to improve their understanding of the legal principles underlying public health practice; that is to say how law may be applied to improve the health of people. And after reading the book, this aspiration is reached, especially the discovery of the wide range of daily activities of public health where the legal dimension is present." --Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Online
"We need the law to assist in the protection of our health and welfare. This book shows us how."--J R Coll Physicians
Review
"The organization of the book, with a series of substantive analyses of a range of public health areas gives a good snapshot of issues... Authors have approached their areas with a clear expression of why they are urgent and necessary." --Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
"...the book makes an important and needed contribution to educating professionals while invigorating and advancing the partnership between law and public health." --Journal of Legal Medicine
"The reader is invited to improve their understanding of the legal principles underlying public health practice; that is to say how law may be applied to improve the health of people. And after reading the book, this aspiration is reached, especially the discovery of the wide range of daily
activities of public health where the legal dimension is present." --Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Online
"We need the law to assist in the protection of our health and welfare. This book shows us how."--J R CollPhysicians
Table of Contents
Legal Glossary for Public Health Practitioners
Introduction: The Interdependency of Law and Public Health Wendy E. Parmet
Section I Legal Basis and Authorities for Public Health Practice
1. The Law and the Publics Health: The Foundations, Lawrence O. Gostin, Jeffrey P. Koplan, Frank Grad, Wilfredo Lopez
2. Regulating Public Health: Priniples and Application of Administrative Law, Peter D. Jacobson, Richard E. Hoffman
3. Ethics and the Practice of Public Health, Phillip Nieburg, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Richard J. Bonnie
4. Criminal Law and Public Health Practice, Zita Lazzarini, Sarah Scott, James W. Buehler
5. International Considerations, David P. Fidler, Tony D. Perez, Martin S. Cetron
Section II The Law and Core Applications in Public Health Practice
6. Interaction Between Public Health Practitioners and Legal Counsel, Wilfredo Lopez, Benjamin Mojica
7. Front-Line Public Health: Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations, Verla S. Neslund, Richard A. Goodman, John Livengood
8. Public Health Research and Health Information, Nanette R. Elster, Richard E. Hoffman, John Livengood
9. Implementation and Management of Public Health Programs in a Managed-Care Legal Framework, Brian Kamoie, Sara Rosenbaum, Paul Stange
10. Legal Authorities for Interventions During Public Health Emergencies, James J. Misrahi, Gene W. Matthews, Richard M. Hoffman
11. Considerations for Special Populations, T. Howard Stone, Heather H. Horton, Robert M. Pestronk
Section III The Law in Controlling and Preventing Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities
12. Integrating Genomics into Public Health Policy and Practice, Laura M. Beskow, Marta Gwinn, Mark A. Rothsten
13. Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Impertative and Individual Rights, Kevin M. Malone, Alan R. Hinman
14. Control of Foodborne Diseases, Kevin Fain, Jeremy Sobel
15. Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Edward P. Richards, Gus Birkhead
16. Tobacco Prevention and Control, Richard A. Daynard, Mark A. Gottlieb, Robert Kline, Edward L. Sweda, Jr., Ronald M. Davis
17. Reproductive Health, Bebe J. Anderson, Lynne S. Wilcox
18. Environment Health and Protection, Paul Locke, Henry Falk, Chris S. Kochtitsky, Christine P. Bump
19. Injury Prevention and Law, Stephen P. Teret, Tom Christoffel
20. Occupational Safety and Health Law, Gary Rischitelli