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Values and vaccine refusal : hard questions in ethics, epistemology, and health care /
"In this first book-length philosophical treatment of vaccine refusal, Mark Navin argues that we can best understand current debates by placing them in a broader narrative about medical expertise and civic engagement. Values and Vaccine Refusal focuses on the shifting epistemic and moral terrai...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this first book-length philosophical treatment of vaccine refusal, Mark Navin argues that we can best understand current debates by placing them in a broader narrative about medical expertise and civic engagement. Values and Vaccine Refusal focuses on the shifting epistemic and moral terrain surrounding an educated public's relationship with healthcare and society--a relationship characterized by a wariness of experts and elites, a withdrawal from participation in public projects, and a do-it-yourself model of reasoning and practice. This is a must-read for students and researchers interested in public health, social epistemology, and the ethical dimensions of both"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317653196 131765319X 9781317653189 1317653181 9781315764078 1315764075 9781317653172 1317653173 |