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Gostin, Lawrence was born on October 19, 1949 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Sylvia Gostin.
( Public Health Law, first published in 2000, has been wi...)
Public Health Law, first published in 2000, has been widely acclaimed as the definitive statement on public health law at the start of the twenty-first century. Lawrence O. Gostin's definition was based on the notion that government bears a responsibility for advancing the health and well-being of the general population, and the book developed a rich understanding of the government's powers and duties while showing law to be an effective tool in the realization of a healthier and safer population. In this second edition, Gostin analyzes the major health threats of our times, from emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism to chronic diseases caused by obesity.
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(Principles of Mental Health Law provides a comprehensive ...)
Principles of Mental Health Law provides a comprehensive account of the law concerning mental health in England and Wales. From the historical backdrop to the current law in the area it provides detailed examination of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the changes introduced by the new Mental Health Act 2007. The regulation of care and treatment in hospital and the community is explored. The book also goes beyond the legislation to explore the legal and regulatory challenges in the area of mental health in a range of areas from confidentiality and privacy to causation and limitation. The chapters are written by leading national and international authorities in the area of mental health.
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( Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic trans...)
Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic transformations that are reshaping how the international community addresses biological weapons and infectious diseases. The book examines the renewed threat from biological weapons, and explores the new world of biological weapons governance. Gostin and Fidler argue that the arms control approach in the Biological Weapons Convention no longer dominates. Other strategies have emerged to challenge the arms control approach, and the book identifies four important policy trends—the criminalization of biological weapons, regulation of the biological sciences, management of the biodefense imperative, and preparation for biological weapons attack. The book also explores the challenges to public health resulting from new security threats. The authors look at the linkages between security and public health policy, both at the national and international level. For instance, Gostin and Fidler scrutinize the difficulty of developing policies that improve defenses against both biological weapons and the threat of infectious diseases from new viral strains. The new worlds of biological weapons and public health governance raise the importance of crafting policy responses informed by the rule of law. Thinking about the rule of law underscores the importance of finding globalized forms of biosecurity governance. The book explores patterns in recent governance initiatives and advocates building a "global biosecurity concert" as a way to address the threats biological weapons and infectious diseases present in the early 21st century.
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( Lawrence O. Gostin’s seminal Public Health Law has bee...)
Lawrence O. Gostin’s seminal Public Health Law has been widely acclaimed as the definitive statement on public health law at the turn of the twenty-first century. Gostin’s definition of public health was based on the notion that the government bears certain responsibilities for advancing the health and well-being of the general population. The book developed a rich understanding of constitutional powers and limits, as well as statutory, administrative, and tort law, demonstrating the vital importance of law as a tool in the realization of a healthier and safer population. In this bold new edition, Gostin is joined by coauthor Lindsay F. Wiley to analyze the crucial role of law in addressing today’s major health threats, including emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism, natural disasters, car fatalities, gun violence, opioid overdoses, and chronic diseases caused by tobacco use, poor diet, and physical inactivity. The book creates an intellectual framework for the modern field of public health law and supports that framework with illustrations of the scientific, political, and ethical issues involved. In proposing innovative solutions for the future of the public’s health, Gostin and Wiley’s essential study provides a blueprint for coming public and political debates in this dynamic field. New issues covered in this edition: Corporate personhood rights raised in response to regulations of tobacco, food and beverages, alcohol, firearms, prescription drugs, and marijuana. Local government authority to protect the public’s health. Deregulation and harm reduction as modes of public health law intervention. Taxation, spending, and alteration of the socioeconomic environment as modes of public health law intervention. Access to health care as a strategy for protecting the public’s health. Taxation, spending, licensing, zoning, and shared-use strategies for chronic disease prevention. The public health law perspective on violence and injury prevention. Health justice as a framework for reducing health disparities and protecting the public’s health.
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"Biosecurity in the Global Age" comprehensively analyzes the security threats that biological weapons and naturally occurring infectious diseases pose to societies in the early 21st century. The book explains how these weapons and infectious diseases create security challenges, analyzes each of these threats in detail, and explores the new governance strategies emerging to address these rapidly ch
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(In this collection of essays, Lawrence O. Gostin, an inte...)
In this collection of essays, Lawrence O. Gostin, an internationally recognized scholar of AIDS law and policy, confronts the most pressing and controversial issues surrounding AIDS in America and around the world. He shows how HIV/AIDS affects the entire population--infected and uninfected--by influencing our social norms, our economy, and our country's role as a world leader. Now in the third decade of this pandemic, the nation and the world still fail to respond to the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and continue to tolerate injustice in their treatment, Gostin argues. AIDS, both in the United States and globally, deeply affects poor and marginalized populations, and many U.S. policies are based on conservative moral values rather than public health and social justice concerns. Gostin tackles the hard social, legal, political, and ethical issues of the HIV/AIDS pandemic: privacy and discrimination, travel and immigration, clinical trials and drug pricing, exclusion of HIV-infected health care workers, testing and treatment of pregnant women and infants, and needle-exchange programs. This book provides an inside account of AIDS policy debates together with incisive commentary. It is indispensable reading for advocates, scholars, health professionals, lawyers, and the concerned public.
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Gostin, Lawrence was born on October 19, 1949 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Sylvia Gostin.
Bachelor summa cum laude, State University of New York, Brockport, 1971. Doctor of Laws (honorary), State University of New York. Juris Doctor, Duke University, 1974.
Legal director National Association Mental Health, London, 1975-1982. Visiting fellow University Oxford Center for Criminol. Research, 1982-1983; general secretary National Council Civil Liberties, London, 1983-1985.
Senior fellow in health law Harvard University School Public Health, since 1985. Visiting professor social policy McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1978-1979. Executive director American Society Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Boston, 1987-1994.
Adjunct associate professor School Public Health, Harvard University, since 1988, adjunct professor, since 1990, lecturer Law School, since 1990. Visiting professor Georgetown University Law Center, 1993-1994, associate professor, 1994-1995, professor, since 1996, John Carroll research professor, 2004-2005, associate dean for research and academy programs, since 2005. Linda and Timothy O'Neill professor Global Health Law, since 2008, professor Johns Hopkins School Hygiene and Public Health, since 1994.
Co-director Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Program on Law and Public Health. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaborating Center on Law and the Public's Health. Legislation council United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Washington, 1987, 88.
Board directors, national executive committee American Civil Liberties Union, since 1987. Associate director Harvard University World Health Organization International Collaborating Center on Health Legislation, since 1989.
("Biosecurity in the Global Age" comprehensively analyzes ...)
( Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic trans...)
( Public Health Law, first published in 2000, has been wi...)
(A Mental health Review Tribunal (MHRT) is normally the on...)
(Principles of Mental Health Law provides a comprehensive ...)
(In this collection of essays, Lawrence O. Gostin, an inte...)
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(First edition of the book.)
( Lawrence O. Gostin’s seminal Public Health Law has bee...)
Legal affairs committee International League Societies for Mentally Handicapped, Brussels, since 1980, principal mental health law, 2010. Trustee Cobden Trust, London, 1983-1985. Chairman Advocacy Alliance, London, 1981-1984.
Secretary All Party Parliamentary Civil Liberties Group, London, 1984-1985. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union, since 1986, executive committee, since 1988. Member committee experts drafting conventions on human experientation United Nations, Siracusa, Italy, 1980-1982.
Married Jean Catherine Allison, July 30, 1977. Children: Bryn Gareth, Kieran Gavin.