Populations, public health, and the law
By: Wendy E. Parmet.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781589012615
Subjects: Public health laws -- United States; Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Health Status -- United States; Population -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public health and the population perspective; title: Public health and American law; title: Towards a population-based legal analysis : the Supreme Beef case; title: Population health and federalism : whose job is it?; title: Individual rights, population health, and due process; title: A right to die? : further reflections on due process rights; title: The First Amendment and the obesity epidemic; title: A population-based health law; title: Tort law : a population approach to private law; title: Globalizing population-based legal analysis; title: The future for population-based legal analysis; title: Table of U.S. cases.