Public health law and ethics
Subtitle: a reader
By: edited by Lawrence O. Gostin.
Contributors: Gostin, Lawrence O.; Milbank Memorial Fund.
Edition: Rev. and updated 2nd ed.
Series: California/Milbank books on health and the public ; v. 4
Publisher: Univ. of California Press; University of California Press; Milbank Memorial Fund
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780520261921
Subjects: Public health laws -- United States; Public health -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: Previous edition, 1st, published in 2002.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The public's health; title: Public health ethics; title: Public health duties and powers; title: Public health and the protection of individual rights; title: Public health governance : direct regulation for the public's health and safety; title: Tort law and the public's health : indirect regulation; title: Global health law : health in a global community; title: Surveillance and public health research : privacy and the "right to know"; title: Health, communication, and behavior; title: Medical countermeasures for epidemic disease : bodily integrity; title: Public health strategies for epidemic disease : association, travel, and liberty; title: Economic liberty and the pursuit of public health; title: Concluding reflections on the field : case studies on biosecurity, genomics, and obesity.