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Populations, Public Health, and the Law
Wendy E. Parmet
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Description for Populations, Public Health, and the Law
Paperback. Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. This book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a fresh population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. Whether the public health threat is bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, obesity, or lung cancer, law is an essential tool for addressing the problem. Yet for many decades, courts and lawyers have frequently overlooked law's critical importance to public health. "Populations, Public Health, and the Law" seeks to remedy that omission.The book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a new population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values. By ... Read more
Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. Whether the public health threat is bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, obesity, or lung cancer, law is an essential tool for addressing the problem. Yet for many decades, courts and lawyers have frequently overlooked law's critical importance to public health. "Populations, Public Health, and the Law" seeks to remedy that omission.The book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a new population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values. By ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589012615
SKU
V9781589012615
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About Wendy E. Parmet
Wendy E. Parmet is George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University and directs the law school's dual degree JD-MPH program with Tufts University School of Medicine. She is a coauthor of Ethical Health Care.
Reviews for Populations, Public Health, and the Law
A provocative, milestone contribution to the growing body of public health law scholarship. Journal of Legal Medicine Parmet offers a compelling, cohesive account of how lawmakers and policymakers view the role of law in protecting population health. Hastings Center Report