| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Public health and the population perspective -- Public health and American law -- Towards a population-based legal analysis : the Supreme Beef case -- Population health and federalism : whose job is it? -- Individual rights, population health, and due process -- A right to die? : further reflections on due process rights -- The First Amendment and the obesity epidemic -- A population-based health law -- Tort law : a population approach to private law -- Globalizing population-based legal analysis -- The future for population-based legal analysis -- Table of U.S. cases. |
| Summary |
A population-based approach to legal analysis which claims that law should seek, among other things, to protect and promote public health. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public health laws -- United States.
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Public health laws. |
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United States. |
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Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Health Status. |
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Population. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parmet, Wendy E. Populations, public health, and the law. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009 9781589012615 (DLC) 2008034759 (OCoLC)234435112 |
| ISBN |
9781589016057 (electronic book) |
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158901605X (electronic book) |
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9781589016064 (electronic book) |
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1589016068 (electronic book) |
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9781589012615 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1589012615 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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