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The new public health law : a transdisciplinary approach to practice and advocacy / Scott Burris, Micah L. Berman, Matthew Penn, and Tara Ramanathan Holiday

Author
Burris, Scott
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Additional Creators
Berman, Micah L., Penn, Matthew, 1967-, and Holiday, Tara Ramanathan
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Foundations of Public Health Law and Ethics -- 1.Public Health and Law -- 2.The Public Health System -- 3.A Transdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Law -- 4.Ethics in Transdisciplinary Practice -- SECTION II Policy Development: Solving Problems with Law -- 5.Identifying Public Health Problems -- 6.Choosing a Legal Approach -- 7.Using Evidence and Knowledge Critically in Policy Development -- SECTION III The Power to Act: Legal Authority and Its Limitations -- 8.The Constitution, Federalism, and Federal Preemption -- 9.Federal Public Health Authority -- 10.State and Local Public Health Authority -- 11.Constitutional Limitations: Due Process of Law -- 12.Constitutional Limitations: Equal Protection of Law -- 13.Constitutional Limitations: The First and Second Amendments -- 14.Administrative Challenges -- SECTION IV From Policy Idea to Law on the Books: Advocacy and Legal Strategy -- 15.Strategic Considerations in Creating a Legal Proposal -- 16.How to Write a Law -- 17.Public Health Advocacy -- SECTION V Putting Law into Practice: Enforcement and Implementation -- 18.Models of Regulation -- 19.Enforcement -- 20.Defending Lawsuits -- SECTION VI Diffusing Effective Legal Solutions: Policy Surveillance and Evaluation -- 21.Scientific Evaluation in Transdisciplinary Public Health Research and Practice.
Summary
Using a 'transdisciplinary approach' to public health law, this work follows the core competencies for both law and public health programs. It reviews the basic background of the field of public health law, then introduces tools, concepts, and skills needed for effective development of public health laws and policies.
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ISBN
9780190681081 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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