Ransom Montrece McNeill, Goodman Richard A, Moulton Anthony D
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS D 30, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Mar;2(1):50-6. doi: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181587cff.
Health care providers and their legal counsel play pivotal roles in preparing for and responding to public health emergencies. Lawyers representing hospitals, health systems, and other health care provider components are being called upon to answer complex legal questions regarding public health preparedness issues that most providers have not previously faced. Many of these issues are legal issues with which public health officials should be familiar, and that can serve as a starting point for cross-sector legal preparedness planning involving both the public health and health care communities. This article examines legal issues that health care providers face in preparing for public health emergencies, and steps that providers, their legal counsel, and others can take to address those issues and to strengthen community preparedness.
医疗保健提供者及其法律顾问在应对突发公共卫生事件的准备和应对过程中发挥着关键作用。代表医院、医疗系统及其他医疗保健提供者组成部分的律师，正被要求回答有关公共卫生准备问题的复杂法律问题，而这些问题大多是大多数提供者以前未曾遇到过的。其中许多问题是公共卫生官员应该熟悉的法律问题，并且可以作为涉及公共卫生和医疗保健社区的跨部门法律准备计划的起点。本文探讨了医疗保健提供者在为突发公共卫生事件做准备时面临的法律问题，以及提供者、其法律顾问和其他人员可以采取的措施，以解决这些问题并加强社区准备。
