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Table of Contents
PART ONE. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS

1. Law and the Public’s Health: Mapping the Terrain
2. Public Health Ethics: Science, Values, and the Regulation of Risk

PART TWO. LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

3. Public Health Powers and Duties
4. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment
5. Public Health Governance: Administrative Agencies and Local Governments

PART THREE. MODES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION

6. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety
7. Tort Liability as Indirect Regulation
8. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net

PART FOUR. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN CONTEXT

9. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information
10. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
11. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
12. Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
13. Injury and Violence Prevention
14. Health Justice

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Index

Public Health Law and Ethics

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 02/10/2018
      ISBN13: 9780520294660, 978-0520294660
      ISBN10: 0520294661
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      PART ONE. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS

      1. Law and the Public’s Health: Mapping the Terrain
      2. Public Health Ethics: Science, Values, and the Regulation of Risk

      PART TWO. LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

      3. Public Health Powers and Duties
      4. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment
      5. Public Health Governance: Administrative Agencies and Local Governments

      PART THREE. MODES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION

      6. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety
      7. Tort Liability as Indirect Regulation
      8. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety Net

      PART FOUR. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN CONTEXT

      9. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information
      10. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
      11. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
      12. Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
      13. Injury and Violence Prevention
      14. Health Justice

      About the Authors
      Index

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