Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint
- ISBN-10
- 0520253760
- ISBN-13
- 9780520253766
- Series
- Public Health Law
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 767
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-02
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Lawrence O. Gostin
Description
"In this completely revised second edition, Gostin analyzes the major health threats of our times, from emerging infectious diseases (e.g., SARS and pandemic influenza) to bioterrorism (e.g., the deliberate release of anthrax and smallpox) to chronic diseases caused by overweight and obesity. By analyzing transnational law, Gostin shows how public health law transcends national borders in areas ranging from infectious disease and tobacco use to world trade and access to essential medicines. Public Health Law creates an intellectual framework for the modern field of public health and supports that framework with illustrations of the intellectual, scientific, political, and ethical issues involved. In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the public's health, Gostin's essential study provides a blueprint for coming public and political debates about this vital and burgeoning field."--BOOK JACKET.
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