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Background
Public Health Law Program, Office of the Chief of Public Health
Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the
thirteen major operating components of the Department of Health
and Human Services, the principal U.S. government agency for protecting
the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential
human services, especially for those people who are least able
to help themselves. CDC has defined four specific health impact
goals to prioritize and focus its work and investments and to
measure progress:
- Healthy People in Every Stage of Life
- Healthy People in Healthy Places
- People Prepared for Emerging Health Threats, and
- Healthy People in a Healthy World.
Created in 2000, the CDC Public Health Law Program works to improve
the public’s health through law. Visit the websites of CDC at www.cdc.gov
and the Public Health Law Program at http://www.cdc.gov/phlp.
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME)
Where Multidisciplinary Education Improves Practice®
ASLME is a non-profit multidisciplinary educational association
whose mission is to provide high-quality scholarship, debate,
and critical thought for the community of professionals at the
intersection of law, medicine, health care, policy, and ethics.
ASLME provides a dynamic forum for its members to engage in a
valuable exchange of ideas from a wide range of perspectives.
ASLME achieves this goal through two nationally acclaimed journals,
the American Journal of Law & Medicine and the Journal of
Law, Medicine & Ethics, and by holding national symposia on
topics of interest to its membership. ASLME is located in Boston,
Massachusetts. Visit the ASLME website at http://www.aslme.org.
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