Public Health Law and Ethics

Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor and Founding  Linda D. and Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He is also the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law and Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.  Lindsay F. Wiley is Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law where she directs the Health Law and Policy Program. She is President of the American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics and a former member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists.

• PART ONE. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS1. Law and the Public’s Health: Mapping the Terrain2. Public Health Ethics: Science, Values, and the Regulation of RiskPART TWO. LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH3. Public Health Powers and Duties4. Public Health and the Protection of Individual Rights: Due Process, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment5. Public Health Governance: Administrative Agencies and Local GovernmentsPART THREE. MODES OF LEGAL INTERVENTION6. Direct Regulation for the Public’s Health and Safety7. Tort Liability as Indirect Regulation8. Taxation, Spending, and the Social Safety NetPART FOUR. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN CONTEXT9. Surveillance and Public Health Research: Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality of Personal Health Information10. Infectious Disease Prevention and Control11. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response12. Noncommunicable Disease Prevention13. Injury and Violence Prevention14. Health JusticeAbout the AuthorsIndex