Medical Law

Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint

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Author Lawrence O. Gostin
Year ۲۰۰۰
Pages ۴۹۱
Publications University of California Press

Gostin’s timely book offers the first systematic definition and theory of public health law. Basing his definition on a broad notion of the government’s inherent responsibility to advance the population’s health and well-being, he develops a rich understanding of the government’s fundamental powers and duties. By analyzing constitutional powers and limits, as well as statutory, administrative, and tort law, Public Health Law vividly shows how law can become a potent tool for the realization of a healthier and safer population.
Gostin’s timely book offers the first systematic definition and theory of public health law. Basing his definition on a broad notion of the government’s inherent responsibility to advance the population’s health and well-being, he develops a rich understanding of the government’s fundamental powers and duties. By analyzing constitutional powers and limits, as well as statutory, administrative, and tort law, Public Health Law vividly shows how law can become a potent tool for the realization of a healthier and safer population.

 

Contents

The Absence of Government Duty
۳۲
Federal Power to Assure the Conditions for Public Health
۳۴
State and Local Power to Assure the Conditions for Public Health
۴۷
Public Health in the American Federalist System
۵۵
Conclusion
۵۹
Constitutional Limits on the Exercise of Public Health Powers Safeguarding Individual Rights and Freedoms
۶۱
Public Health and the Bill of Rights
۶۲
Constitutional Limitations on the Police Power in the Early Twentieth Century
۶۵
Public Health Powers in the Modern Constitutional Era
۷۱
Public Health Regulation A Systematic Evaluation
۸۵
General Justifications for Public Health Regulation
۸۸
Understanding Risk
۹۳
The MeansEnds Test
۹۹
The Economic Costs of Public Health Regulation
۱۰۰
The Least Restrictive Alternative
۱۰۳
Just Distribution of Benefits Burdens and Costs
۱۰۴
The Synergy between Human Rights and Public Health
۱۰۷
PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN CONFLICT
۱۱۱
Public Health Information Personal Privacy
۱۱۳
Public Health Surveillance
۱۱۶
Mandatory Reporting of Disease and Other Health Conditions
۱۱۷
Partner Notification
۱۲۱
PopulationBased Research
۱۲۴
Definitions of Privacy Confidentiality and Security
۱۲۷
Personally Identifiable Coded and Anonymous Data
۱۲۹
Ethical Underpinnings
۱۳۱
Legal Status
۱۳۲
Confidentiality
۱۳۵
Toward a Model Public Health Information Privacy Law
۱۳۹
Health Communication and Behavior Freedom of Expression
۱۴۵
Two Antithetical Theories of Health Communication
۱۴۶
Public Health Communications
۱۴۸
Commercial Speech
۱۵۴

 

 

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