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Lawrence O Gostin1, Sarah Wetter2
1Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor at Georgetown University, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Washington, DC, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 30, 2023
Resumen
Gobiernos estatales
Área de la Ciencia:
- Derecho de la salud pública
- Epidemiología
- El federalismo estadounidense
Sus antecedentes:
- Históricamente, los estados tenían amplios poderes de salud pública, a menudo ampliados durante crisis como los ataques de ántrax de 2001 a través de legislación como la Ley de Poderes de Salud de Emergencia del Estado Modelo.
- Esta ley otorgó una autoridad significativa a los funcionarios de salud pública para una respuesta rápida de emergencia.
- La división del poder en el federalismo estadounidense tradicionalmente asigna responsabilidades primarias de salud pública a los estados individuales.
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