The second edition of Public Health law offers an up-to-date compendium of cases, materials and notes illustrating the field's expanded scope and importance today. All-new materials include:
 • Theories of risk perception • Federal regulation of public health • Chronic disease prevention • Global health programs
Chapters 1 and 2 survey the public health field and ways to identify health and safety risks. Chapters 3 and 4 examine relevant constitutional issues. The remaining chapters focus on specific health risks and can be taught as problem-based case studies to allow students to evaluate different solutions, as in the real world.

Public Health Law

Medical Books

Mariner, Wendy

Annas, George

Medicine

Carolina Academic Press

This new edition offers a fresh take on the rapidly evolving field of public health law. Grounding students in foundational thematic concepts what counts as a public health issue, choosing among multiple legal options, the changing scope and limits of government power, and ensuring justice and fairness it examines major shifts in constitutional doctrine including federalism, speech, religion, reproductive rights, and privacy, as well as human rights at the global level. Cases and materials critically examine how these concepts apply to contemporary and future issues, including substance use, firearms, health insurance, food supply, big data, surveillance, epidemics, and disaster preparedness. This provides a useful framework for analyzing competing interests among governments, private entities, individuals, and human rights in multiple contexts and as the law changes. The new edition is designed not only for those interested in public health law, but also for students in many other areas of law and public policy, including law students and graduate students in public health, public policy, and medicine.

Huberfeld, Nicole

Ulrich, Michael

Health & Medical Law

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