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20.   History of epidemics in prisons, especially in U.S. after 1900.
      Laws criminalizing transmission of communicable diseases (e.g.
      N.Y. Health Law).
      Mandatory medical testing in prison, armed forces populations.
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UI  - 87064114
AU  - Gostin L
TI  - The future of communicable disease control: toward a new concept in
      public health law.
AB  - The exercise of compulsory public health powers for the common good of
      the community, though rooted in constitutional authority, involves a
      potentially massive infringement of individual liberty, autonomy, and
      privacy. Yet, public health statutes do not reflect modern conceptions in
      either science or law. Most are structurally obsolete and lack criteria
      for judicial oversight and impartial decision making. Guidelines for a
      model statute are proposed to protect both communal and personal
      interests.
MH  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/CLASSIFICATION ; Communicable Disease
      Control/*TRENDS ; Confidentiality ; Decision Making ; Human ;
      Legislation, Medical/*TRENDS ; Public Health/*TRENDS
SO  - Milbank Q 1986;64 Suppl 1:79-96
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UI  - 86315352
AU  - Stevenson CS ; Sterne GS ; Stephens KO
TI  - Liability for infectious diseases in day care: legal and practical
      considerations.
AB  - A lawsuit directed by parents at a day care program following an outbreak
      of infectious disease would most likely be based on the legal theory of
      negligence--the failure to exercise due care as required by
      circumstances. In the determination of liability for infectious diseases
      in child day care, the element of causation is most critical. Did the day
      care facility's actions or failure to act cause the harm? Another
      important question is whether an infectious disease can be occupational
      and under what circumstances. Although worker's compensation laws
      initially had no provisions for occupational disease, now all states
      recognize responsibility for them. Awareness of potential problems with
      legal liability and establishment of procedures to minimize risk are
      important for day care providers, public health officials, clinicians,
      and parents.
MH  - Child Day Care Centers/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD. ; *Communicable Disease
      Control ; Disease Outbreaks ; Human ; Insurance, Liability ; Occupational
      Diseases ; Review ; United States ; Workmen's Compensation/LEGISLATION &
      JURISPRUD.
SO  - Rev Infect Dis 1986 Jul-Aug;8(4):644-7
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UI  - 86163825
AU  - Gersema LM ; Helling DK
TI  - The use of subtherapeutic antibiotics in animal feed and its implications
      on human health.
AB  - Antibiotics were approved for use as animal feed additives in 1950 after
      it was discovered that their use increased growth rate, improved feed
      utilization, and reduced mortality and morbidity from clinical and
      subclinical infections in animals. Subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in
      animal feed grew extensively and concern has arisen that this
      "indiscriminate: use of antibiotics could lead to increased numbers of
      antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and ultimately compromise treatment of
      human bacterial infections. Three recently published studies seem to
      indicate that animal-to-man transmission of antimicrobial-resistant
      bacteria is possible. Increased debate on the continuing allowance of
      antibiotic feed additives has ensued. The National Resources Defense
      Council has recently petitioned the FDA to disallow penicillin and
      tetracycline use in animal feed, and legislation has been introduced in
      the U.S. House of Representatives that would limit the subtherapeutic use
      of antibiotics in animal feed. Experts have predicted that meat prices
      would increase and meat quality would decrease if antibiotics are
      disallowed as a feed additive. It is the opinion of the authors that
      there is no conclusive evidence at this time to support the premise that
      subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal feed poses a greater threat
      to human health than if antibiotic feed additives were banned.
MH  - Animal ; Animal Feed/*ANALYSIS ; Antibiotics/*ADVERSE EFFECTS ; Disease
      Outbreaks ; Drug Resistance, Microbial ; Great Britain ; Health ; Human ;
      Legislation, Drug ; Meat ; Salmonella Infections/MICROBIOLOGY ; United
      States ; United States Food and Drug Administration
SO  - Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1986 Mar;20(3):214-8