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Public health law and ethics : a reader / Public health law & ethics. edited by Lawrence O. Gostin. - Rev. and updated 2nd ed. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; c2010. - xxix, 564 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 4. . - California/Milbank books on health and the public ; 4. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-543) and index.

Introduction : Mapping the issues -- The public's health -- Public health ethics -- Public health duties and powers -- Public health and the protection of individual rights -- Public health governance : direct regulation for the public's health and safety -- Tort law and the public's health : indirect regulation -- Global health law : health in a global community -- Surveillance and public health research : privacy and the "right to know" -- Health, communication, and behavior -- Medical countermeasures for epidemic disease : bodily integrity -- Public health strategies for epidemic disease : association, travel, and liberty -- Economic liberty and the pursuit of public health -- Concluding reflections on the field : case studies on biosecurity, genomics, and obesity.

ISBN: 9780520261921 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520261925 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010007682

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB039399 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015510876 Uk 101534385 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public health laws--United States.
Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.
Public health laws.
Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

LC Class. No.: KF3775 / .P83 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 344.73/04

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2010 G-361 WA 33 AA1