00642nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002400018245004700042260005300089300002600142520034500168583001900513  a15.04.01 G682  aGostin, Lawrence O.  aPublic health law : power, duty, restraint  bUniversity of California PressaBerkeleyUSc2000  axxviii, 491 p. : ill.  aOffers 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.  c6/14/02kJOY_D