The value of legislation and the speed with which it may be introduced depends to a large extent upon public opinion. In a special supplement on the Factory Act of 1937 an earlier statement of the Times on public health legislation is quoted 'Mr. Chadwick and Dr. Southwood Smith have been deposed. The people of England prefer to take their chance with cholera and the rest rather than be bullied...

In late 2001, during the aftermath of the anthrax letter attacks, model legislation was proposed to relevant state agencies to update their states' public health laws to meet the threat of bioterrorism. This legislation was the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act. A concern underlying this and related efforts to address future bioterrorism threats was the perceived inadequacy of state laws ...

Compliance with privacy legislation is a primary concern for health care institutions that are building information systems support for their business processes. This paper describes a requirements management framework that enables health information custodians (HIC) to document and track compliance with privacy legislation. A metamodel is defined for our framework to define compliance tracking...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a situation analysis of the status of mental health care in Ghana and to propose options for scaling up the provision of mental health care. METHOD A survey of the existing mental health system in Ghana was conducted using the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems. Documentary analysis was undertaken of mental health legislation, utilizing the WHO Legislatio...