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Book Title
Searching Eyes : Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in
ISBN
9780520253254

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520253256
ISBN-13
9780520253254
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60167324

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Searching Eyes : Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America
Subject
Privacy, Public Health, Health Policy, History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Author
James Colgrove, Ronald Bayer, Amy L. Fairchild
Subject Area
Law, Medical
Series
California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public Ser.
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-001053
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
18
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.10973
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank Acknowledgments Preface: The Politics of Privacy, the Politics of Surveillance 1. Introduction: Surveillance and the Landscape of Privacy in Twentieth-Century America PART I. THE RISE OF SURVEILLANCE AND THE POLITICS OF RESISTANCE 2. Opening Battles: Tuberculosis and the Foundations of Surveillance 3. Raising the Veil: Syphilis and Secrecy PART II. EXTENDING SURVEILLANCE: THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION 4. The Right to Know: Detection, Reporting, and Prevention of Occupational Disease 5. The Right to Be Counted: Confronting the "Menace of Cancer" 6. Who Shall Count the Little Children? From "Crippled Kiddies" to Birth Defects PART III. SURVEILLANCE AT CENTURY'S END: THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRATIC PRIVACY 7. AIDS, Activism, and the Vicissitudes of Democratic Privacy 8. Counting All Kids: Immunization Registries and the Privacy of Parents and Children 9. Panoptic Visions and Stubborn Realities in a New Era of Privacy Conclusion: An Enduring Tension Notes Index
Synopsis
This is the first overarching history of public health surveillance in the United States spanning more than a century of conflict and controversy. The practice of reporting the names of those with disease to health authorities inevitably poses questions about the interplay between the public imperative to control threats to the public's health and legal and ethical concerns about privacy. Authors Amy L. Fairchild, Ronald Bayer, and James Colgrove situate the tension inherent in public health surveillance in a broad social and political context and show how the changing meaning and significance of privacy have marked the politics and practice of surveillance since the end of the nineteenth century. Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in Americafocuses first on early use of surveillance to control infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis and syphilis--efforts that were strongly resisted by doctors because of the social stigma attached to both diseases--the perceived inability of public health to effectively intervene, and battles over professional terrain. The authors then examine the extension of surveillance to non-infectious conditions, exploring the histories of occupational disease, cancer, and the reporting of birth defects. In each of these instances, the potential subjects of surveillance demanded government monitoring to identify potential clusters of diseases, provide access to care, and evaluate treatment. The final chapters consider timely concerns about AIDS, childhood health surveillance, and the intersection of bioterrorism and the mandates of new federal privacy regulations., This is the first history of public health surveillance in the United States to span more than a century of conflict and controversy. The practice of reporting the names of those with disease to health authorities inevitably poses questions about the interplay between the imperative to control threats to the public's health and legal and ethical concerns about privacy. Authors Amy L. Fairchild, Ronald Bayer, and James Colgrove situate the tension inherent in public health surveillance in a broad social and political context and show how the changing meaning and significance of privacy have marked the politics and practice of surveillance since the end of the nineteenth century.
LC Classification Number
RA652.2.P82S4368

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