Public health law and ethics [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Lawrence O. Gostin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451789803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press; New York, N.Y., : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2010
• ISBN: 1-280-59292-3; 9786613622754; 0-520-94605-7
• Edizione: [Rev. and updated 2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (596 p.)
• Collana: California/Milbank books on health and the public ; ; 4
• Altri autori (Persone): GostinLawrence O (Lawrence Ogalthorpe)
• Disciplina: 344.73/04; 344.7304
• Soggetti: Public health laws - United States; Public health - Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Mapping the Issues -- Part One. Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics -- Part Two. The Law and the Public's Health -- Part Three. Public Health and Civil Liberties in Conflict -- Part Four.The Future of the Public's Health -- Selected Bibliography -- Table of Cases -- Index -- About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Now revised and expanded to cover today's most pressing health threats, Public Health Law and Ethics probes the legal and ethical issues at the heart of public health through an incisive selection of government reports, scholarly articles, and relevant court cases. Companion to the internationally acclaimed text Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, this reader can also be used as a stand-alone resource for students, practitioners, scholars,and teachers. It encompasses global issues that have changed the shape of public health in recent years including anthrax, SARS, pandemic flu, biosecurity, emergency preparedness, and the transition from ; infectious to chronic diseases caused by lifestyle changes in eating and physical activity. In addition to covering these new arenas, it includes discussion of classic legal and ethical tensions inherent to public health practice, such as how best to balance the police power of the state with individual autonomy.