Public Health & Safety Law

Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon themsometimes too late.Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such a...

How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicineThe U.S. medical system is touted as the most adva...

A practical guide which draws together the considerable and diverse body of law relating to dogs and their activities. It contains a narrative sum...

This book will be written by experts for professionals, scientists and all those involved in toxicological data generation and decision-making. It ...

This eminently relevant and thoroughly entertaining book reminds us that understanding more about health care helps us understand the larger world ...

A concise history of how American law has shaped-and been shaped by-the experience of contagion, taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colo...

REACH and the Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology presents a thorough and comprehensive legal analysis on the status of nanoscale chemicals ...

How sales representatives from Big Pharma and other healthcare companies circumvent public and regulatory scrutiny by forging relationships with nu...

This book provides healthcare and legal practitioners and students at all levels with the theory and practical application necessary to understand ...

The Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) has been descr...

Methamphetamine: A Love Story presents an insider's view of the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of thirty-three adults formerly ...

Food is produced not only to be consumed in the country of its origin, but also to be exported to various locations worldwide. As such, manufacture...

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-...

This book provides an overview of the voluntary performance standard document for bomb suits for use by certified public safety bomb technicians wh...

Principles of Medical Law is the leading practitioner text in its field. Now in its fourth edition, it provides a comprehensive and scholarly accou...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established a voluntary, outpatient prescription drug benefit under Medi...

The Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) authorises the President to issue major disaster or emergency...

This innovative casebook explores and integrates the legal and policy aspects of health care financing/delivery, and of public health. In a readil...

When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of ...

Mobile phone use in the United States has risen dramatically over the last 20 years, and Americans increasingly rely on mobile phones as their sole...

Oppression and health are intricately connected. A recent emphasis on the social determinants of health has focused attention on the causes of the ...

Methamphetamine: A Love Story presents an insider's view of the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of thirty-three adults formerly ...

Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence ha...

A very high portion of the seafood we eat comes from abroad, mainly from China and Southeast Asia, and most of the active ingredients in medicines ...