The Politics of Emergency Health Powers and the Isolation of Public Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11022644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Colmers (The authors are with the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY.), Daniel M Fox (The authors are with the Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY.) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-399 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.93.3.397 |
| PMID | 12604480 |
| OpenAlex | W2138668896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act became a contentious document in more than 30 states in 2001 and 2002. Controversy has focused on recommendations by the authors of the Model Act that seemed to accord higher priority to collective action in emergencies than to protecting privacy and property. This situation has several causes that derive from the characteristics of public health emergencies during the past half century and the relative isolation of public health officials from both their colleagues in government and many members of the public
Action (physics) · Computer security · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Isolation (microbiology) · Political science · Politics · Preventive action · Public health · State (computer science) · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education · Risk Perception and Management
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |