Law in Public Health Practice, 2nd edition

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Continually changing health threats, technologies, science, and demographics require that public health professionals have an understanding of law sufficient to address complex new problems as they come into being. Law in Public Health Practice, Second Edition provides a thorough review of the legal basis and authorities for the core elements of public health practice and solid discussions of existing and emerging high-priority areas where law and public health intersect.

As in the previous edition, each chapter is authored jointly by experts in law and public health. This new edition features three completely new chapters, with several others thoroughly revised and updated. New chapters address such topics as the statutory bases for US public health systems and practice, the judiciary role in public health, and chronic disease prevention and control. The chapter on public health emergencies has also been fully revised and rewritten to take into account both the SARS epidemic of 2003 and the events of the Autumn of 2001. The chapter discusses subsequent changes in federal and state laws involving consequence management of public health emergencies. Other fully revised chapters include those on genomics, injury prevention, identifiable health information, and ethics in the practice of public health.

The book begins with a section on the legal basis for public health practice, including foundations and structure of the law, discussions of the judiciary, ethics and practice of public health, and criminal law and international considerations. The second section focuses on core public health applications and the law, and includes chapters on legal counsel for public health practitioners, legal authorities for interventions in public health emergencies, and considerations for special populations. The third section discusses the law in controlling and preventing diseases, injuries, and disabilities. This section includes chapters on genomics, vaccinations, foodborne illness, STDs, reproductive health, chronic disease control, tobacco use, and occupational and environmental health.

All chapters take a practical approach and are written in an accessible, user-friendly fashion. This is an excellent resource for a wide readership of public health practitioners, lawyers, and healthcare providers, as well as for educators and students of law and public health.

Readership: Public Health Practitioners, lawyers, students of public health law.

Wendy E. Parmet: Introduction: The Interdependency of Law and Public Health
Anthony D. Moulton and Richard A. Goodman: Perspective: Law and Great Public Health Achievements
Section I. Legal Basis for Public Health Practice
1: Lawrence O. Gostin, F. Ed Thompson, and Frank P. Grad: The Law and the Public's Health: The Foundations
2: Richard A. Goodman, Paula L. Kocher, Daniel J. O'Brien, and Frank S. Alexander: The Structure of Law in Public Health Systems and Practice
3: Peter D. Jacobson, Richard E. Hoffman, and Wilfredo Lopez: Regulating Public Health: Principles and Application of Administrative Law
4: Daniel D. Stier and Diane M. Nicks: Public Health and the Judiciary
5: Ruth Gaaer Bernheim, Phillip Nieburg, and Richard J. Bonnie: Ethics and the Practice of Public Health
6: Zita Lazzarini, Richard A. Goodman, and Kim S. Dammers: Criminal Law and Public Health Practice
7: David P. Fidler and Martin S. Cetron: International Considerations
Section II. The Law and Core Public Health Applications
8: Wilfredo Lopez and Thomas R. Frieden: Legal Counsel to Public Health Practitioners
9: Verla S. Neslund, Richard A. Goodman, and James L. Hadler: Frontline Public Health: Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations
10: James G. Hodge, Jr., Richard E. Hoffman, Deborah Tress, and Verla S. Neslund: Identifiable Health Information and the Public's Health: Practice, Research, and Policy
11: Gene W. Matthews, Ernest B. Abbott, Richard E. Hoffman, and Martin S. Cetron: Legal Authorities for Interventions in Public Health Emergencies
12: T. Howard Stone, Heather H. Horton, Robert M. Pestronk, and Montrece M. Ransom: Considerations for Special Populations
Section III. The Law in Controlling and Preventing Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities
13: Ellen Wright Clayton and Mark A. Rothstein: Integrating Genomics into Public Health Policy and Practice
14: Kevin M. Malone and Alan R. Hinman: Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights
15: Leslie Kux, Jeremy Sobel, and Kevin Fain: Control of Foodborne Diseases
16: Edward P. Richards, III and Guthrie S. Birkhead: Bloodborne and Sexually Transmitted Infections
17: Angela K. McGowan, Ross C. Brownson, Lynne S. Wilcox, and George A. Mensah: Chronic Disease Control
18: Richard A. Daynard, Mark A. Gottlieb, Edward L. Sweda, Jr., Lissy C. Friedman, and Michael P. Eriksen: Prevention and Control of Diseases Associated with Tobacco Use
19: Bebe J. Anderson, Maurizio Macaluso, and Lynne S. Wilcox: Reproductive Health
20: Paul A. Locke, Henry Falk, Christopher S. Kochtitsky, and Christine P. Bump: Environmental Health and Protection
21: Daniel D. Stier, James A. Mercy, and Melvin Kohn: Injury Prevention
22: Gary Rischitelli and Mark A. Silverstein: Occupational Safety and Health Law
Legal Glossary for Public Health Practitioners
Index

Edited by Richard A. Goodman, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA, Richard E. Hoffman, Adjunct Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA, Wilfredo Lopez, General Counsel for Health, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, USA, Gene W. Matthews, Public Health Lawyer, Atlanta, GA, USA, Mark Rothstein, Director, Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy & Law, University of Louisville School of Medicine, USA, and Karen Foster, Public Health Editor, USA