This book offers fresh approaches to a variety of social and political issues
that have become highly polarized and resistant to compromise by examining
them through a population-based, public health perspective. The topics included
are some of the most contentious: abortion and reproductive rights; end-of-life
issues, including the right to die and the treatment of pain; the connection
between racism and poor health outcomes for African Americans; the right of same-
sex couples to marry; the toll of gun violence and how to reduce it; domestic
violence and how the criminal justice model fails to deal with it effectively;
and how tort compensation and punitive damages can further public health goals.
People at every point along the political spectrum will fi nd the book
enlightening and informative.

Written by ten authors, all of whom have crossdisciplinary expertise, this book
shifts the focus away from the point of view of rights, politics, or morality
and examines the effect of laws and policies from the perspective of public
health and welfare.

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