Environmental Health Ethics

Informationen zum Autor David B. Resnik, JD, PhD, is Bioethicist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. Dr Resnik additionally holds the positions of Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University and Associate Editor of Accountability in Research. He has written eight books and numerous articles on ethical, philosophical and legal issues in science, medicine and technology. He is also Chair of the NIEHS Institutional Review Board, which oversees and reviews research projects that include human participants. Klappentext Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health. Zusammenfassung Environmental Health Ethics illuminates the conflicts between protecting the environment and promoting human health. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. An overview of environmental health; 3. Ethical theory; 4. Toward an environmental health ethics; 5. Pest control; 6. Genetic engineering, food, and nutrition; 7. Pollution and waste; 8. The built environment; 9. Climate change, energy, and population; 10. Justice and environmental health; 11. Environmental research involving human participants; 12. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: David B. Resnik, Resnik David B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2012
• EAN: 9781107617896
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61789-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Health economics, Ethics & moral philosophy, environmental science, engineering & technology, Public health & preventive medicine, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social impact of environmental issues, Bio-ethics, Ethical issues and debates, Public Health & Safety Law