title: Protecting health through public health law.
abstract: The report into the outbreak of measles in the Swansea area in 2013 has recommended that public health law be used as a routine response to minimising the spread of infectious diseases. In this article, the author considers what powers are available to health and local authorities to minimise the spread of an infectious disease outbreak.
authors: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Griffith
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom