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080 _a15.04.01 G682
100 _aGostin, Lawrence O.
245 _aPublic health law : power, duty, restraint
260 _bUniversity of California Press
_aBerkeleyUS
_c2000
300 _axxviii, 491 p. : ill.
520 _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.
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