What Is a Public Health “Emergency”?

Rebecca Haffajee; Wendy E. Parmet; Michelle M. Mello

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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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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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