Open AccessCONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS
Author(s) -
Frank Goodnow
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.8.561-a
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , public health , political science , power (physics) , law , public administration , journal of public health , environmental health , health policy , medicine , international health , health care , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics
Few health officers know where Federal health authority comes from. Dr. Goodnow unravels the legal maze and tells them it is a function of Commerce and of the power of Congress to lay taxes and duties. Public Health is therefore national in foundation and application.