Public Health Law

Book info: Public Health Law (Hardcover, 1008 pages) – Carolina Academic Press, 2014. Language: English.

The second edition of Public Health Law offers an up-to-date compendium of cases, materials and notes illustrating the field's expanded scope and importance today. All-new materials include:

• Theories of risk perception
• Federal regulation of public health
• Chronic disease prevention
• Global health programs

Chapters 1 and 2 survey the public health field and ways to identify health and safety risks. Chapters 3 and 4 examine relevant constitutional issues. The remaining chapters focus on specific health risks and can be taught as problem-based case studies to allow students to evaluate different solutions, as in the real world.

Editorial Reviews About the Author Wendy K Mariner is a Professor of Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights Emerita at Boston University School of Public Health.

The late George Annas was the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights at Boston University's School of Public Health and was also a Professor at the School of Law.