Public Health Law Resources
Updated Dec. 24, 2007.
Prepared by Nancy McMurrer for Prof. Kuszler's Public Health Law, HSERV
551A. Updated by Leslie Street, law librarianship intern (Dec. 2007).
General Legal Research
- Gallagher Law Library, Internet Legal Resources
- Links to reliable sources of federal, state, and international law. Contains pinpoint links for Washington legal materials in particular.
- LegalTrac: Index to law reviews and journals. (UW Restricted)
- Some links to full-text articles, though the Gallagher Law Library owns over 90% of the journals indexed there. Once you have a citation for an article, you can also try Hein Online, which has full-text PDF versions of articles from hundreds of law journals.
- LexisNexis Academic (UW Restricted)
- U.S. federal laws and regulations; state laws; state and federal judicial opinions; law review articles; and newspapers.
Books
These titles are available in the Gallagher Law Library Classified Stacks.
International Law and Public Health: Material on and Analysis of Global Health Jurisprudence. K3570.F53 2000
The Law and the Public's Health, 7th ed. KF3775.W5 2007
Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader. KF3775.P83 2002
Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint. KF3775.G67 2000
To find additional books on this topic, search the catalog with the following subject heading: Public Health Laws.
Washington State Resources
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
- Washington State Department of Health
- Links to programs, services, local health districts, etc.
- Washington's Public Health Improvement Partnership
- Partner agencies and other entities have established seven focus areas, such as standards for public health and access to critical health services.
- King County Public Health
- Provides direct services and education to residents of Seattle and King County.
- UW's Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
- Provides resources for day-to-day public health practice.
US Federal Agencies
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- The lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people. See also the Public Health Law Program and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response sites.
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
- Its mission is to expand access to comprehensive health care for all.
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Includes links to the individual institutes.
- Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science
- Manages US Public Health Service and federal programs such as the national vaccine program, the women's health program, and the minority health program.
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Scroll down to find the Reference Room links, which include all the laws the FDA administers. See also the FDA's bioterrorism page.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- This agency participates in all sorts of disaster situations.
Associations & Advocacy Groups
- American Public Health Association
- Includes links to public health issues by subject, fact sheets, and links to state and international public health organizations.
- Association of Schools of Public Health
- Represents accredited schools of public health and speaks on educational and public health policies.
- Association of Public Health Laboratories
- Public health laboratories have a major role in bioterrorism protection.
- Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities, Center for Law and the Public's Health
- Includes research reports, an online companion to Lawrence Gostin's Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader, and links to related courses in law and medical schools.
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Health Committee
- Note the list of contents on the left side. Public Health Preparedness, for instance, includes bioterrorism.
- Public Health Law Association
- A "non-profit, membership organization for everyone who shapes, uses, teaches, studies or conducts research in the highly dynamic field of public health law." Contains a newsletter, calendar of events, and teleconference transcripts.
- Electronic Information Privacy Center, Medical Privacy
- Contains background documents and news reports, mostly from the 1990s.
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Medical Records Privacy Fact Sheet
- Contains federal and some California information.
- American Council on Science and Health
- Consumer education consortium covering public health issues; note links to tobacco, alcohol, medical care, etc.
Sites with Links to Other Public Health Resources
Open Directory Project, Public Health and Safety- A directory of websites. Includes many subtopics, like rural health, emergency services, and tobacco.
- Open Directory Project, Immunizations
- Links to sites with immunization information, including misconceptions and safety.
- LSU's Medical and Public Health Law
- Note Basic Public Health Law link and link to bioterrorism.