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| Title |
Through the Quarantine Looking Glass: Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis and Public Health Governance, Law, and Ethics
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| Published in |
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, January 2021
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2007.00185.x |
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| Authors |
David P. Fidler, Lawrence O. Gostin, Howard Markel |
| Abstract |
The incident in May-June 2007 involving a U.S. citizen traveling internationally while infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis involved the U.S. federal government's application of its quarantine and isolation powers. The incident and the isolation order raised numerous important issues for public health governance, law, and ethics. This article explores many of these issues by examining how the exercise of quarantine powers provides a powerful lens through which to understand how societies respond to and attempt to govern threats posed by dangerous, contagious pathogens. The article considers historical aspects of governmental power to quarantine and isolate individuals and groups; analyzes the current state of quarantine and isolation law in the United States in light of the recent incident with drug-resistant tuberculosis; and explores global aspects of public health governance and law highlighted by this incident. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 22% |
| Researcher | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 20% |
| Unknown | 18 | 22% |