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POPULATIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE LAW

POPULATIONS,

PUBLIC HEALTH,

and the LAW

WENDY E. PARMET

Georgetown University Press

Washington, D.C.

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Parmet, Wendy E

Populations, public health, and the law / Wendy E. Parmet.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–1-58901–261–5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Public health laws—United States. I. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Public Health—legislation & jurisprudence—United States.

2. Delivery of Health Care—legislation & jurisprudence—United States.

3. Health Policy—legislation & jurisprudence—United States. 4. Health

Status—United States. 5. Population—United States.

WA 33 AA1 P254p 2008]

KF3775.P35 2008

344.73’04—dc22

2008034759

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