Public Health Ethics - Theory, Policy, and Practice

Zusatztext Public Health is a masterfully built instrument created to take the reader on a journey through the thought-provoking exploration of a difficult subject. In all, this book stands as a unique resource, primarily for the way it brings together the voluminous experiences of experts in the field and, as such, stands as a source that belongs in every library. Klappentext Since public health seeks to protect the health of populations, it inevitably confronts a range of ethical challenges having to do primarily with the friction between individual freedoms and what might be perceived as governmental paternalism. This volume brings together twenty-five articles by leading thinkers in the field, writing on topics that concern both classic and novel problems. They open up new terrain in each area, including tobacco and drug control, infectious disease, environmental and occupational health, the effect of new genetics on the publics health, and the impact of social inequalities on patterns of morbidity and mortality. The volume editors offer a context for discussion with introductory essays for each of the books five sections. Zusammenfassung As it seeks to protect the health of populations, public health inevitably confronts a range of critical ethical challenges. This volume brings together 25 articles that open up the terrain of the ethics of public health. It features topics such as tobacco and drug control, infectious disease, environmental and occupational disease, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Public Health Perspective 2: Autonomy and Paternalism 3: Justice and Health 4: Infectious Disease: Coercion and the Protection of Society 5: Regulation, Environmental and Occupational Health 6: Genetics and Public Health

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Bayer, et al, Bruce Jennings
• Assisted by: Ronald Bayer (Editor), Lawrence O. Gostin (Editor), Bruce Jennings (Editor), Steinbock (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2006
• EAN: 9780195180855
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518085-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ethics, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Public health and preventive medicine