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Public Health and the Law

“Gaming the System” During Public Health Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

James G. Hodge Jr. ,
Lexi C. White  and
Andrew Sniegowski
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Promoting and protecting the public's health in the United States and abroad are intricately tied to laws and policies. Laws provide support for public health measures, authorize specific actions among public and private actors, and empower public health officials. Laws can also inhibit or restrict efforts designed to improve communal health through protections for individual rights or structural principles of government. Advancing the health of populations through law is complex and subject to constant tradeoffs. This column seeks to explore the role of law in the interests of public health through scholarly and applied assessments across a spectrum of key issues. The first of these assessments focuses on a critical topic in emergency legal preparedness.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , Fall 2012 , pp. 690 - 695
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2012

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