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What Is a Public Health “Emergency”?

  • Haffajee R
  • Parmet W
  • Mello M
New England Journal of Medicine (2014) 371(11) 986-988
DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1406167
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Abstract

In March, Governor Deval Patrick declared the Massachusetts opioid-addiction epidemic a public health emergency, a move that allows governors and health officials to take extraordinary legal action. This unusual invocation of emergency powers raises important questions.

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Haffajee, R., Parmet, W. E., & Mello, M. M. (2014). What Is a Public Health “Emergency”? New England Journal of Medicine, 371(11), 986–988. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1406167

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