Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint

Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint

Lawrence O. Gostinâ€™s seminalÂ Public Health LawÂ is widely acclaimed as the definitive statement on public health law at the turn of the twenty-first century. In this bold third edition, Gostin is joined by Lindsay F. Wiley to analyze major health threats of our time such as chronic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, bioterrorism, natural disasters, opiod overdose, and gun violence. Â The authors draw on constitutional law, administrative law, local government law, and tort law to develop their conception of law as a tool for protecting the publicâ€™s health.Â
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The book creates an intellectual framework for modern public health law and supports that framework with illustrations of the scientific, political, and ethical issues involved. In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the publicâ€™s health, Gostin and Wileyâ€™s essential study provides a blueprint for public and political debates to come.

New issues covered in this edition:

â€¢ Corporate personhood rights raised in response to regulations of tobacco, food and beverages, alcohol, firearms, prescription drugs, and marijuana.
â€¢ Local government authority to protect the publicâ€™s health.
â€¢ Deregulation and harm reduction as modes of public health law intervention.
â€¢ Taxation, spending, and alteration of the socioeconomic environment as modes of public health law intervention.
â€¢ Access to health care as a strategy for protecting the publicâ€™s health.
â€¢ Taxation, spending, licensing, zoning, and shared-use strategies for chronic disease prevention.
â€¢ The public health law perspective on violence and injury prevention.
â€¢ Health justice as a framework for reducing health disparities and protecting the publicâ€™s health.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-02-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-02-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint

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