Public health law in a nutshell

Author/Creator:

Hodge, James G., Jr., author

Publication/Creation:

Eagan, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2025]

Format:

Book

Edition:

Fifth edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Public health law in a nutshell / James G. Hodge, Jr.

Series Titles:

Nutshell series
Nutshell series.

Variant Titles:

Public health law

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Study guides

Subjects:

Public health laws--United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The field of public health law -- Source & scope of public health legal powers -- Constitutional rights & the public's health -- Preventing & treating communicable conditions -- Social distancing measures -- Addressing chronic conditions -- Mitigating the incidence & severity of injuries & other harms -- Public health information management, privacy & security -- Regulating communications -- Monitoring property & the built environment -- Public health emergency legal preparedness & response -- COVID-19 pandemic : public health emergency law & policy responses.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Public Health Law in a Nutshell, 5th Edition provides a core assessment of the critical role of law in America to protect communal health. As examined throughout the text, the field of public health law encompasses constitutional powers, legislative authorities, and extensive regulations in promotion of public health and safety. It also features legally-supported efforts contravening these objectives, leading to underlying tensions and difficult balances. The 5th Edition of the Nutshell addresses public health law issues, broadly defined, within a modern framework undergirding law as a premier tool for improving health outcomes. Updated to reflect key developments through July 2024, the Nutshell's 12 chapters and 150+ graphics, illustrations, and figures examine definitive legal issues and core public health powers to prevent and control communicable and chronic conditions, as well as limit avoidable injuries and deaths. Legal routes and options countering other public health threats, including tobacco and alcohol use, guns, vehicles, and defective products, are also explored. Later chapters of the Nutshell focus on key legal issues related to public health information surveillance and privacy, commercial speech regulation, the built environment, and emergency legal preparedness and response. Chapter 12 centers on the dynamic legal and policy issues implicated during the multi-year COVID-19 pandemic. A "nutshell like no other," this edition is a go-to resource for legal or public health practitioners, law- and policy-makers, regulators, judges, and college or graduate students in schools of law, public health, medicine, or other disciplines seeking to comprehend these issues as part of their coursework or research interests. "--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxxiv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9938006699402486

ISBN:

9798892092104

OCLC Number:

1472113459

Barcode:

200000222866