Overview

The discipline of epidemiology provides a methodology for perceiving the world and relating to the communities whose health and disease patterns need to be understood. Forensic epidemiology extends our understanding to community's injuries and those alleged to be responsible. This much needed resource focuses on the use of the epidemiology in the legal context, using case studies to illustrate the issues raised. This work includes discussion of: epidemiology in the courtroom; epidemiology, legislation and rulemaking; law, epidemiology and community organization and advocacy; and epidemiology, law and social context. The text challenges the boundaries about what epidemiology is and how it is to be used to make a contribution to the groups it studies. In turn, a more complete understanding of the populations, diseases and the systems that underlie and shape the research is reached. This book should be of value to the student studying in public health, environmental health and medical programs, law students as well as professional researchers.

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Author:   Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MSSA
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.430kg
ISBN:  

9780306467929

ISBN 10:   0306467925
Pages:   203
Publication Date:   31 July 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Epidemiology in the Courtroom.- Case Study One.- Case Study Two.- Epidemiology, Legislation, and Rulemaking.- Case Study Three.- Case Study Four.- Law, Epidemiology, and Community Organization and Advocacy.- Case Study Five.- Case Study Six.- Epidemiology, Law, and Social Context.- Case Study Seven.- Case Study Eight.

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... an important and valuable contribution to the literature in the field. It is an interesting, well organized, and easy to read book that continues Dr. Loue's good work in bridging the gap between the scientific and legal communities. It is recommended for forensic epidemiologists, whichever career path ... they may pursue, as well as for attorneys whose work calls them to interact with these scientists. Physicians who are often subpoenaed to testify in a court of law, attorneys involved in various kinds of medical-legal litigation, and those thinking of entering the interesting and intellectually challenging field of forensic epidemiology will especially find this a useful reference book. (Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., F.C.L.M and Steven A Koehler, M.P.H., Ph.D. (The Journal of Legal Medicine, 24)

... an important and valuable contribution to the literature in the field. It is an interesting, well organized, and easy to read book that continues Dr. Louea (TM)s good work in bridging the gap between the scientific and legal communities. It is recommended for forensic epidemiologists, whichever career path ... they may pursue, as well as for attorneys whose work calls them to interact with these scientists. Physicians who are often subpoenaed to testify in a court of law, attorneys involved in various kinds of medical-legal litigation, and those thinking of entering the interesting and intellectually challenging field of forensic epidemiology will especially find this a useful reference book. <br>(Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., F.C.L.M and Steven A Koehler, M.P.H., Ph.D. (The Journal of Legal Medicine, 24)

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