Public health ethics : key concepts and issues in policy and practice /

"Public health ethics is a discipline concerned with the health of the public or a population as a whole, rather than focusing on the individual. This book introduces a number of this new field's central concepts and explores the key and controversial issues arising. Topics covered include...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dawson, Angus (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.
Colección:Cambridge medicine (Series)
Temas:
Public health > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Public Health > ethics
Ethics, Medical
Santé publique > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Medical ethics
Public health > Moral and ethical aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. Concepts: 1. Resetting the parameters: public health as the foundation for public health ethics / Angus Dawson; 2. Health, disease and the goal of public health / Bengt Brülde; 3. Selective reproduction, eugenics and public health / Stephen Wilkinson; 4. Risk and precaution / Stephen John
  • Section 2. Issues: 5. Smoking, health and ethics / Richard Ashcroft; 6. Infectious disease control / Marcel Verweij; 7. Population screening / Ainsley Newson; 8. Vaccination ethics / Angus Dawson; 9. Environment, ethics and public health: the climate change dilemma / Anthony Kessel and Carolyn Stephens; 10.dt Public health research ethics: is non-exploitation the new principle for population-based research ethics? / John McMillan; 11. Equity and population health: toward a broader bioethics agenda / Norman Daniels; 12. Health inequities / James Wilson.

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