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Public Health Ethics Theory, Policy, and Practice

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ISBN-10: 0195180852

ISBN-13: 9780195180855

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O. Gostin, Bruce Jennings, Bonnie Steinbock

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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 25 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 public's health, and the impact of social inequalities on patterns of morbidity and mortality. The volume ediotors offer a context for discussion with…    
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Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Part I: The Public Health Perspective. Introduction. Geoffrey Rose, Sick Individuals and Sick Populations, International Journal of Epidemiology 14(1): March 1985, 32-38. Dan Beauchamp, Community: The Neglected Tradition of Public Health, Hastings Center Report 15(6): December 1985, 28-36. Lawrence O. Gostin, Jo Ivey Boufford, Rose Marie Martinez, The Future of The Publics Health: Vision, Values, And Strategies, Health Affairs 23(4): July/August 2004, 96-107. Mark A. Rothstein, Rethinking the Meaning of Public Health, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 30(2): Summer 2002,144-149. Part II: Autonomy and Paternalism. Introduction. Daniel Wikler, Who Should Be Blamed for Being…