The politics of public health in the United States /

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Main Author: Patel, Kant, 1946-
Other Authors: Rushefsky, Mark E., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2005]
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505 0 |a The politics of public health in the United States -- Accomplishments of the public health system -- Shortcomings of the public health system -- History of public health policy in the United States -- The organization of the U.S. public health service -- Politics and public health -- Leadership, politics, and public health-- Leadership and public health -- Public health leadership at the national level -- Public health leadership at state and local levels -- Leadership and professional public health organizations -- Leadership, politics, and public health -- The politics of public health and private medicine -- Differences between public health and private medicine -- History of the relationship between medicine and public health -- The 1990s and beyond: inching toward cooperation and collaboration -- The politics of public health and private medicine -- The politics of public health and law -- Legal foundations of public health practice -- Shortcomings of current public health laws -- Public health law reform movement -- Law as a tool to protect the public's health -- Tort litigation as a public health strategy -- The politics of public health and law -- The politics of science and public health -- Science and public health research -- The evolution of public health research -- Politics, science, and public health politics -- Difficulties and complexities of risk assessment -- Scientific evidence and morality politics -- The politics of science and public health -- The politics of genetics and public health -- Developments in genetic science -- Genetic testing and screening -- Effectiveness of genetic testing -- The politics of genetics and development of public health policies -- The politics of genetics and public health -- The politics of environment and public health -- Lifestyle versus environmental factors in public health -- Environmental degradation and threats to health -- Global warming -- Politics of environmental protection -- Social ecology -- The politics of environment and public health -- The politics of bioterrorism and public health -- Bioterrorism in history -- Potential threats of bioterrorism -- Necessary conditions for a successful and major bioterrorist attack -- Motivations behind a bioterrorist attack -- Current preparedness of the public health system to deal with a bioterrorist attack -- Politics of neglect: problems and shortcoming of the current public health system -- The legal challenge -- Future challenges -- Curative versus preventive models of health care -- Reinvigorating public health -- Politics and public health policies -- Chronology of major public health laws and events. 
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