Public health law and ethics : a reader
This incisive selection of government reports, scholarly articles and court cases is designed to illuminate the ethical, legal and political issues in the theory and practice of public health.
Print Book, English, 2002
University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002
XXXI, 523 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
9780520231740, 9780520231757, 0520231740, 0520231759
248925545
List of Illustrations List of Tables Conventions Used in this Book Preface 1. Public Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights: Mapping the Issues Part One: Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics 2. Public Health: The Population-Based Perspective 3. Public Health Ethics: The Communitarian Tradition 4. Human Rights and Public Health 5. Reasoning in Public Health: Philosophy, Risk, and Cost Part Two: The Law and the Public's Health 6. Public Health Duties and Powers 7. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights 8. Public Health Regulation of Property and the Professions... 9. Tort Litigation for the Public's Health Part Three: Tensions and Recurring Themes 10. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy and the "Right to Know" 11. Health Promotion: Education, Persuasion, and Free Expression 12. Biological Interventions to Control Infectious Disease: Immunization, Screening, and Treatment 13. Restrictions of the Person: Civil Confinement and Criminal Punishment Part Four: The Future of Public Health 14. Visions and Challenges: Case Studies on Emerging Infections, Bioterrorism, and Public Health Genetics Bibliography Index