Designed for public health practitioners, lawyers, healthcare providers, and law and public health educators and students. This book provides both a review of the legal basis and authorities for core elements of public health practice and solid discussions of high-priority as well as emerging areas where law and public health intersect.

Written jointly by experts in law and in public health, this book is designed specifically for public health practitioners, lawyers, healthcare providers, and law and public health educators and students. It provides both a thorough review of the legal basis and authorities for core elements of public health practice and solid discussions of high-priority as well as emerging areas where law and public health intersect. Like the original edition, this book attempts to identify, define, and clarify the complex principles of law as they bear on the practice of public health. Fully revised with several new chapters.