Populations, Public Health, and the Law

Populations, Public Health, and the Law Wendy E. Parmet is available to download

Populations, Public Health, and the Law Wendy E.Populations, Public Health, and ... Textbook Parmet
Type:	eBook
Released:	2009
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Page Count:	305
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	1589012615
ISBN-13:	9781589012615

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 looking at a diverse range of topics, including food safety, death and dying, and pandemic preparedness, Wendy E. Parmet shows how a population-based legal analysis that recalls the importance of populations and uses the tools of public health can enhance legal decision making while protecting both public health and the rights and liberties of individuals and their communities.