TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The Law and Emergencies: Surveillance for Public Health-Related Legal Issues During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Weiss, Rachel I.
A1  - McKie, Karen L.
A1  - Goodman, R. A.
SP  - S73
EP  - S81
VL  - 97
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - Law influenced every aspect of the public health response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, from evacuation orders, to waivers of medical licensing requirements, to the clean-up of public health threats on private property. We used public health surveillance of news reports to identify and characterize legal issues arising during the disaster response in 5 Gulf Coast states. Data collected from news reports of the events in real time were followed-up by interviews with selected state legal and emergency management officials. Our analysis indicates the value of surveillance during and after emergency responses in identifying public health-related legal issues and helps to inform the strengthening of legal preparedness frameworks for future disasters.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2006.104240
ID  - ref1
ER  -