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Legal
Aspects of Infectious Diseases
Benjamin
Tanner
6" x 9",
softbound, 203 pages
2006, Lawyers
and Judges
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Contributors:
Barbara Dunlap, Aaron Wolfson, Shael Wolfson, Penelope Caragonne,
Stephanie Rizzardi Pearson, Anthony Riccardi, Patrick Fitzgerald,
Kurt Krueger, John Ward
Detailed
Table of Contents
This new reference,
Legal Aspects of Infectious Diseases, is an easy to
follow discussion of infectious diseases and their legal
implications. Background information on the most common
waterborne, foodborne, airborne, body-fluid transmitted,
insect-transmitted, and hospital-acquired infections is
presented along with important information about antibiotic
resistance, virulence factors, and toxins. Legal Aspects
of Infectious Diseases also discusses infectious disease
investigations, laboratory procedures, and the economic
impact of outbreaks. Also included is a section on biological
weapons, an emerging terrorist threat. This section includes
information on microorganisms of concern and the potential
legal and economic impacts of bioterrorism. Information
on finding qualified experts for infectious disease litigation
is also included.
Topics
include:
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Microbes and Infection
• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Parasites
• Fungi
• Disease Transmission
• Virulence
• Drug Resistance
• Waterborne Diseases
• Foodborne Diseases
• Airborne Diseases
• Body-fluid Transmitted Diseases
• Insect Transmitted Diseases
• Hospital Acquired Diseases
• Biological Weapons
Review:
SciTech
Book Reviews - December 1, 2006
Practicing
microbiologist Tanner, who specializes in the prevention
of environmentally mediated disease transmission, gives
an overview of infectious disease litigation and its impact,
starting by describing microbes and infection and the fundamentals
of the biology of microorganisms for lawyers and judges.
He then describes the scientific and legal aspects of virulence
and antibiotic resistance, the indicator concept, infectious
disease investigation, microbial diseases borne by water,
food or air, those transmitted through body fluids or carried
by insects, acquired in hospitals, and used as weapons.
He closes by describing microbial risk assessment.
Detailed
Table of Contents
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