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.
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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.
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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.
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- 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.
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- King County Public Health
- Provides direct services and education to residents of Seattle and
King County.
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- UW's Northwest
Center for Public Health Practice
- Provides resources for day-to-day public health practice.
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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.
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- Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services
Administration
- Its mission is to expand access to comprehensive health care for all.
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- Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Includes links to the individual institutes.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)
- This agency participates in all sorts of disaster situations.
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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.
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- Association of Schools of Public Health
- Represents accredited schools of public health and speaks on
educational and public health policies.
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- Association of Public
Health Laboratories
- Public health laboratories have a major role in bioterrorism
protection.
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- 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.
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- National Conference of State Legislatures,
Health Committee
- Note the list of contents on the left side. Public Health
Preparedness, for instance, includes bioterrorism.
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- 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.
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- Electronic Information Privacy Center,
Medical Privacy
- Contains background documents and news reports, mostly from the 1990s.
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- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse,
Medical Records
Privacy Fact Sheet
- Contains federal and some California information.
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- 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.
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- Open Directory Project,
Immunizations
- Links to sites with immunization information, including
misconceptions and safety.
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- LSU's Medical and
Public Health Law
- Note Basic Public Health Law link and link to bioterrorism.
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