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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burris, Scott, author.

Berman, Micah L., author.

Penn, Matthew, 1967- author.

Holiday, Tara Ramanathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Newly updated with legal changes in response to COVID-19 and structural racism, 'The New Public Health Law', second edition arms lawyers and public health professionals of any background with the tools to fully exploit the potential of law to improve public health.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

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

Afterword: Where Public Health Law Goes From Here

References

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).

ISBN:

0-19-761599-6

0-19-761600-3

0-19-761598-8