Benjamin Georges, O'Brien Daniel J, Trotter Donne
State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2002 Fall;30(3 Suppl):45-7.
New laws or regulations may not be a practical response to a public health threat. While in some instances legislation or regulation may be the only alternative to protecting the public's health, in many situations public health authorities and their legal counsel must consider alternative approaches to abating threats. This article provides an overview of the alternatives available to the public health official by providing discussion of a "legal tool box" available to public health officials. It also presents scenarios, with commentary, that serve as the basis for illustration of other means of intervention.
新的法律法规可能并非应对公共卫生威胁的切实可行办法。虽然在某些情况下，立法或监管可能是保护公众健康的唯一选择，但在许多情况下，公共卫生当局及其法律顾问必须考虑采用其他方法来减轻威胁。本文通过讨论公共卫生官员可用的“法律工具箱”，概述了公共卫生官员可采用的替代方法。本文还列举了一些案例，并加以评论，作为说明其他干预手段的依据。
