Legal responses to health emergencies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medical services--Law and legislation.

Emergency medical services.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Center, 2015.

Summary:

This report contains discussions of the regulations addressing health emergencies in 25 jurisdictions, including countries from six continents, the European Union, and the World Health Organization. All surveys included in this report review government structures tasked with delivering public health protection, relevant legislative frameworks for addressing health emergencies, and the powers of government institutions in times of health crises and their ability to mitigate the consequences of such crises. Analyses of the regulation of such issues as disease surveillance and notification systems are also provided.

Notes:

"February 2015."

"Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, European Union, World Health Organization."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265).

Online resource; title from PDF cover (Law Library of Congress, viewed August 11, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Legal responses to health emergencies.

OCLC:

1000388254

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