David Satcher
David Satcher
Rogan Kersh,James Morone
Rogan Kersh
Concern is rapidly growing about obesity rates in the United States. This paper analyzes the political consequences. Despite myths about individualism and self-reliance, the U.S. government has a long tradition of regulating ostensibly priv...
Influence and opportunity: reflections on the U.S. role in global public health [0.03%]
影响与机遇——美国在全球公共卫生中的作用反思
Ilona Kickbusch
Ilona Kickbusch
Today's global health crisis illustrates many of the transnational governance challenges the United States faces today. In the arena of global health, the United States can create a new role for itself by moving beyond a national-interest p...
Public health and national security: the critical role of increased federal support [0.03%]
公共卫生与国家安全：增加联邦支持以发挥关键作用
Bill Frist
Bill Frist
Protecting the public's health historically has been a state and local responsibility. However, the growing threat of bioterrorism has highlighted the importance of a strong public health infrastructure to the nation's homeland security and...
George M Gray,David P Ropeik
George M Gray
Among the many lessons of the homeland terrorist attacks of 2001 was that fear has powerful public health implications. People chose to drive instead of flying, thereby raising their risk of injury or death. Thousands took broad-spectrum an...
Amitai Etzioni
Amitai Etzioni
American society has often favored individual rights disproportionately over the common good. In the aftermath of September 11, there is a need to readjust our criteria to allow for the strengthening of security, public safety, and public h...
Ronald Bayer,James Colgrove
Ronald Bayer
The controversy over the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act has underscored the enduring tension in public health between guarding the common welfare and respecting individual liberty. The current version of the act, crafted in respons...
George J Annas
George J Annas
It is unnecessary and counterproductive to sacrifice basic human rights to respond to bioterrorism. Constructive public health legislation, which must be federal, cannot be carefully drafted under panic conditions. When it is, like the "mod...
Public health law in an age of terrorism: rethinking individual rights and common goods [0.03%]
反恐时代的公共卫生法：重新思考个人权利与公共利益
Lawrence O Gostin
Lawrence O Gostin
The balance between individual interests and common goods needs to be recalibrated in an age of terrorism. Public health agencies should have a robust infrastructure to conduct essential public health services at a level of performance that...
Governmental public health in the United States: the implications of federalism [0.03%]
美国的公共卫生与联邦主义的影响
Bernard J Turnock,Christopher Atchison
Bernard J Turnock
Governmental public health activities in the United States have evolved over time as a result of two forces: the nature and perceived importance of threats to the population's health and safety, and changing relationships among the various ...