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Author O'Reilly, James T., 1947- author

Title Infectious disease : policy, law, and regulation / James T. O'Reilly and Victoria Wells Wulsin, MD
Published Chicago, Illinois : Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, [2015]

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Description x, 193 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Part I. Understanding the background. 1. Introduction -- 2. Background and history -- Part II. Understanding liability litigation. 3. Liability litigation -- 4. Hospital liabilities: infection risks and hospital litigation -- Part III. Understanding regulation. 5. Constitutional issues -- 6. Regulatory systems affecting infection control -- 7. Reporting, quarantine, and tracing -- 8. Drugs and related products: responding to infections -- 9. International issues on infectious disease -- Part IV. Understanding workplace and commercial issues. 10. Infection conflicts and the workplace -- 11. Commercial claims relating to infectious disease -- Part V. Understanding the science issues. 12. The basic science of infections -- 13. How infections affect humans -- Conclusions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index
Subject Public health laws -- United States.
Communicable diseases -- United States -- Prevention.
Tort liability of hospitals -- United States.
Author Wulsin, Victoria Wells, author
American Bar Association. Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, sponsor
LC no. 2016297023
ISBN 9781634252997
1634252993