Public Health Law

By Wendy K. Mariner and George J. Annas

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0769868002
• ISBN13: 9780769868004
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 1008 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.8" x 7.8"