TITLE:
Access, Knowledge and Application of Public Health Law: A Case Study of Awareness of Lawyers, Medical Doctors and Nurses of Ghana’s Legal Framework on Public Health
AUTHORS:
Ishmael D. Norman
KEYWORDS:
Knowledge, Lawyers, Medical Doctors, Nurses, Public Health Laws
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.4 No.6,
June
23,
2014
ABSTRACT: We investigated access
of professionals in public health to national healthcare laws. We undertook a
survey among doctors, lawyers and nurses as stand-ins for the professional
class. We found that the professionals’ access to public health laws was a
challenge. Understanding of the legal framework on public health is needed.