Abstract
In his chapter on “Public Health Law” in the latest edition of one of the classic works in the public health field, Grad has noted that “The reach of public health law is as broad as the reach of public health itself. Public health and public health law expand to meet the needs of our society.”1 Grad was writing in a United States context, but his assertion is undoubtedly valid for developed and developing countries in general. Moreover, what is true for public health is no less true in the case of personal health services. The array of subjects now covered by health legislation is vast indeed—witness any issue of WHO’s quarterly journal, the International Digest of Health Legislation. The last two numbers for 1988, for example, contain national and international legal instruments on a very wide range of subjects, including the organization of health care systems, measures for the prevention and control of AIDS and HIV infection, new reproductive technologies, organ transplantation, food safety, drug approval and monitoring procedures, the regulation of acupuncture, mental health, measures to combat tobacco use, occupational health services, radiation protection, and environmental protection and management.
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