Public Health Law and Ethics ppt

[...]... such as the Public Health Law Program at the CDC and the Center for Law and the Public s Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities BUILDING A SYLLABUS FOR COURSES AND SEMINARS Faculty in schools of law, public health, medicine, nursing, and public administration have adopted Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint for courses and seminars on public health law and/ or ethics Some professors... Matthews, Anthony Moulton, and Verla Neslund Center for Law & the Public s Health (CLPH) (CDC’s Collaborating Center Promoting Public Health Through Law) (www publichealthlaw.net) The CLPH, at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins universities, is a primary resource on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, and policy makers My colleagues at the Center are nationally known... health functions one Public Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights Mapping the Issues This Reader offers an organized selection of government reports, scholarly articles, and court cases on public health law, ethics, and human rights The publication of a Reader on these subjects may suggest that a coherent, systematic understanding of the relationships between public health law, ethics, and human rights... 8 9 10 11 12 Public health Public health ethics Human rights Goals and recommendations for public health s infrastructure Ten leading causes of death by age group: 1997 School immunization laws among states Time line of selected federal and state court decisions regarding vaccination law and policy Ten great public health achievements: United States, 1900–1999 Current and future public health challenges... reasoning in public health: philosophy, risk, and cost-effectiveness Part Two, Law and the Public s Health, ” examines important doctrines and controversies in public health law Chapter 6 discusses the powers and duties of public health authorities under the Constitution Chapter 7 discusses the limitation of public health powers under the Constitution Chapter 8 discusses the regulation of property and the... project launched a Public Health Statute Modernization” initiative designed to write a comprehensive model state public health law For a Model Emergency Health Powers Act written in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, see www.publichealthlaw.net Public health laws not only provide the foundations for public health practice, but also provide a set of tools for public health authorities... state public health laws to achieve two objectives: (1) clearly delineate the basic authority and responsibility entrusted to public health agencies, and (2) support a set of modern disease control measures that address contemporary health problems The U.S Department of Health and Human Services report Healthy People 2010 similarly recognized the importance of public health law: “The Nation’s public health. .. Restraint Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader Chapter 1 A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law Chapter 2 Public Health in the Constitutional Design Chapter 3 Constitutional Limits on the Exercise of Public Health Powers Chapter 4 Public Health Regulation: A Systematic Evaluation Chapter 5 Public Health Information: Personal Privacy Chapter 6 Health, Communication, and Behavior: Freedom of Expression... health, ethics, and human rights in more detail Part Two examines major aspects of public health law, including constitutional, administrative, and tort law Part Three focuses on some of the major controversies and trade-offs involved in public health theory and practice And Part Four conceptualizes a vision for public health in a new century I PUBLIC HEALTH In thinking about the application of ethics or... problems in public health, it is important first to understand what we mean by 1 2 Public Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights public health How is the field defined and what is its content—its mission, functions, and services? Who engages in the practice of public health government, the private sector, charities, or community-based organizations? What are the principal methods or techniques of public health . of Government and Health, by John E. McDonough 3. Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, by Lawrence O. Gostin 4. Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader,. xix 1. Public Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights: Mapping the Issues 1 part one: foundations of public health law and ethics 2. Public Health: The Population-Based