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Article: Landmark Public Health Laws and Court Decisions
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- Encyclopedia of Public Health
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LANDMARK PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS AND COURT DECISIONS
Over the years, public health and medical care services in the United States have expanded incrementally. Modern public health services and medical care programs have emerged from step-by-step actions to deal with specific problems and the needs of specific populations. This article traces the evolution of public health services and medical care programs by describing landmark legislation and court decisions that have strengthened public health and extended medical care to more people. In describing these signal legislative and judicial actions of the twentieth century, many important statutes and judicial decisions are omitted due to the ...