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Article: Public Health Law & Policy in Canada
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Canadian Public Health Association Sep/Oct 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Public Health Law & Policy in Canada Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield, Nola M. Ries (Eds.), Markham, ON: Lexis Nexis, Butterworths, 2005; 565 pp.
A Canadian book on public health law is long overdue. Practitioners of public health frequently encounter legal difficulties that, for resolution, require senior public health administrators to interact with legal experts. The problem is that public health professionals do not know enough about public health law nor are assigned lawyers familiar enough with public health legislation. Let the mutual education begin and this book is an excellent start. My compliments to the authors for their very readable text.
The editors correctly assert ...