TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping, assessing and improving legal preparedness for pandemic flu in the United Kingdom
AU - Laurie, Graeme
AU - Hunter, Kathryn
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - This article assesses the legal framework within which responses are deployed in the United Kingdom in the face of a pandemic such as the current H1N1 crisis or some other public health emergency. It begins with an account of the importance of legal preparedness as an essential feature of public health preparedness. It moves to an outline of the key legal provisions and parameters which provide the architecture for the existing framework in the UK, both domestically and internationally; thereafter, it identifies relevant factors that can be used to assess the efficacy of current legal preparedness, drawing on comparative experiences. Finally, it offers recommendations on how legal preparedness could be improved within the United Kingdom and in line with international obligations.
AB - This article assesses the legal framework within which responses are deployed in the United Kingdom in the face of a pandemic such as the current H1N1 crisis or some other public health emergency. It begins with an account of the importance of legal preparedness as an essential feature of public health preparedness. It moves to an outline of the key legal provisions and parameters which provide the architecture for the existing framework in the UK, both domestically and internationally; thereafter, it identifies relevant factors that can be used to assess the efficacy of current legal preparedness, drawing on comparative experiences. Finally, it offers recommendations on how legal preparedness could be improved within the United Kingdom and in line with international obligations.
U2 - 10.1177/096853320901000202
DO - 10.1177/096853320901000202
M3 - Article
SN - 0968-5332
VL - 10
SP - 101
EP - 137
JO - Medical Law International
JF - Medical Law International
IS - 2
ER -