Gostin, Lawrence O.

Public health law : power, duty, restraint - BerkeleyUS University of California Press 2000 - xxviii, 491 p. : ill.

Offers a theory and definition of public health. Examines its principal analytical methods, and explores its dominant themes, such as the trade-offs between individual rights and public benefits, and between voluntary and coercive public health approaches. Creates a record of the field of public health law at the turn of the millennium.

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