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

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Public Health Law in a Nutshell, 4th Edition provides a compelling and informative assessment of the critical role of law in American society to protect the community's health, a theme punctuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the field of public health law encompasses its constitutional so...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nutshell series.
Main Author: Hodge, James G., Jr (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2022]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:Nutshell series.
Subjects:
Public health laws > United States.
Communicable diseases > Transmission > United States.
Medicine, Preventive > United States.
Public health laws.
United States.
Study guides.
Genre:
Study guides.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource – MSU authorized users (West Academic)
Local Note:
West Academic
Physical Description:1 online resource (507 pages) : illustrations.
Available via West Academic Study Aids - MSU Law Library.
Variant Title:
Public health law [Spine title]
Format: Electronic eBook
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.