Public health law
Subtitle: power, duty, restraint
By: Lawrence O. Gostin.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520253766
Subjects: Public health laws -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A theory and definition of public health law; title: Public health regulation; title: Public health law in the constitutional design; title: Constitutional limits on the exercise of public health powers; title: Public health governance; title: Tort law and the public's health; title: Transnational public health law; title: Surveillance and public health research; title: Health, communication, and behavior; title: Medical countermeasures for epidemic disease; title: Public health strategies for epidemic disease; title: Economic liberty and the pursuit of public health; title: Concluding reflections on the field.