Public Health Policy and Ethics
Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced. What is the basis that justifies public health in the first place? Why should individuals be disadvantaged for the sake of the gro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Professing Public Health: Practicing Ethics and Ethics as Practice
- The Good of Patients and the Good of Society: Striking a Moral Balance
- Taking on “Big Fat”: The Relative Risks and Benefits of the War Against Obesity
- Individual Rights, Social Justice, and the Allocation of Advances in Biotechnology
- Justice in Allocations for Terrorism, Biological Warfare, and Public Health
- A New Bioethics Framework for Facilitating Better Decision-Making About Genetic Information
- Sanctity of Life vs. Quality of Life in Maternal-Fetal Surgery: Personal and Public Priorities
- Gun Control and Public Health
- From Fear to Eternity: Violence and Public Health
- The Politics of Preventing Premature Death
- The Right to Die and the Right to Health Care
- Global Justice and Health: Is Health Care a Basic Right?
- Advocacy and Community: Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Research