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Tears In Heaven: Religiously And Culturally Sensitive Laws For Preventing The Next Pandemic, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Aileen Maria Marty, Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Tears In Heaven: Religiously And Culturally Sensitive Laws For Preventing The Next Pandemic, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Aileen Maria Marty, Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Eloisa C Rodríguez-Dod
This Article argues that laws created to curtail the spread of deadly contagious diseases need to be drafted and implemented in ways that maximize acceptance of an affected communities’ cultural and religious beliefs. When laws are put in place that are inconsistent with community mores, the overall goal of stopping an epidemic is threatened. Communities often distrust government and other relief organizations who mandate rules and regulations that impinge their religious and cultural beliefs; thus, these regulations geared at helping communities can paradoxically undermine the goal of preventing the spread of infectious disease. This Article focuses on the need for …
A Crisis Waiting To Happen: What’S Wrong With Pennsylvania Public Health Law., John A. Bozza
A Crisis Waiting To Happen: What’S Wrong With Pennsylvania Public Health Law., John A. Bozza
John A Bozza
There are few areas of government enterprise where the need to “get it right” is so critical, as formulating and executing laws affecting the public health. When the government sets out to exercise its police power to control the spread of disease its goal is to accomplish an immensely important practical task. This article is intended to identify those aspects of Pennsylvania's public health law that may be impediments to the government's ability to effectively respond to a public health crisis. It is suggested that by revising and clarifying certain key provisions of statutes and regulations clear decision making at …