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Germ Wars : The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear / / Melanie Armstrong
| Germ Wars : The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear / / Melanie Armstrong |
| Autore | Armstrong Melanie <1977-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.325/35610973 |
| Collana | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biopolitics
Bioterrorism - United States - Psychological aspects Bioterrorism - United States - Prevention |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
activist america american government american history american biological science biological weapon biologist biology bioterrorism biowarfare contemporary dangerous disease germ warfare government spending government microbes modern world policymaker politics revolution scientific united states government united states history us government us history warfare |
| ISBN | 0-520-96614-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Political Ecologies of Bioterror -- 1. "Smallpox Is Dead". The Public Health Campaign to (Almost) Eradicate a Species -- 2. Microbes for War and Peace On the Military Origins of Containment -- 3. The Wild Microbiological West Fighting Ticks and Weighing Risks -- 4. Agents of Care. Bioterrorism Preparedness at the CDC -- 5. Simulation Science. Securing the Future -- 6. Bioterror Borderlands. Of Nature and Nation -- Conclusion. "Freaked Out Yet?" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156235103321 |
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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Public Health Law : Power, Duty, Restraint / / Lawrence O. Gostin, Lindsay F. Wiley
| Public Health Law : Power, Duty, Restraint / / Lawrence O. Gostin, Lindsay F. Wiley |
| Autore | Gostin Lawrence O. |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (763 p.) |
| Disciplina | 344.7304 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public health laws - United States
Public health - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century legal system
administrative law antimicrobial resistance bioterrorism chronic diseases constitutional law corporate personhood deregulation disease doctor ethical issues gun violence harm reduction health justice health law health healthcare infectious diseases legal system legality local government major health threats natural disasters opioid overdose political issues protecting public health public health scientific issues tort law violence and injury prevention |
| ISBN | 0-520-95858-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Tables, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law -- CHAPTER TWO. Risk Regulation: A Systematic Evaluation -- CHAPTER THREE. Public Health Law in the Constitutional Design: Public Health Powers and Duties -- CHAPTER FOUR. Constitutional Limits on the Exercise of Public Health Powers -- CHAPTER FIVE. Public Health Governance: Democracy and Delegation -- CHAPTER SIX. Direct Regulation for the Public's Health and Safety -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Tort Law and the Public's Health: Indirect Regulation -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net: Hidden Effects on Public Health -- CHAPTER NINE. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information -- CHAPTER TEN. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Terrorism, Pandemics, and Disasters -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Promoting Healthier Lifestyles: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Promoting Safer Lifestyles: A Public Health Law Perspective on Accidents and Violence -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Health Justice and the Future of Public Health Law -- Notes -- About the Authors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798065903321 |
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Gostin Lawrence O.
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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