Mark A. Rothstein is at University of Louisville School of Medicine. Karen L. Foster is at National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GA.
"The organization of the book, with a series of substantive analyses of a range of public health areas gives a good snapshot of issues... Authors have approached their areas with a clear expression of why they are urgent and necessary." --
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health"...the book makes an important and needed contribution to educating professionals while invigorating and advancing the partnership between law and public health." --
Journal of Legal Medicine"The reader is invited to improve their understanding of the legal principles underlying public health practice; that is to say how law may be applied to improve the health of people. And after reading the book, this aspiration is reached, especially the discovery of the wide range of daily activities of public health where the legal dimension is present." --
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Online"We need the law to assist in the protection of our health and welfare. This book shows us how."--
J R Coll Physicians