Public Health Law for a Brave New World; Book Review: Lawrence O. Gostin, Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint

Abstract:     
This is book review of Lawrence O. Gostin's new edition of Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2d ed., 2008). A review of a second edition of a book may be somewhat unusual as subsequent editions of already published works typically do not break new ground. But this book is different. Gostin's first edition, published in 2000, established and defined the modern field of public health law. The revised and expanded second edition emerges in the post-9/11, post-Katrina, post-Bush world. Gostin now seeks to apply public health paradigms to social problems beyond the field's traditional realm, offering a comprehensive, encyclopedic source of public health laws and a sound prescription for health care reform.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 21

Keywords: Public health law, health care reform, health policy, civil rights

JEL Classification: D31, H41, I18, I31, J18, K23

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