Public health ethics : theory, policy, and practice

Author(s)

• Bayer, Ronald
• Beauchamp, Dan E.

Bibliographic Information

Public health ethics : theory, policy, and practice

edited by Ronald Bayer ... [et al.]

Oxford University Press, 2007

• : [cloth]
• : [pbk.]

Uniform Title

New ethics for the public's health

Note

Rev. ed. of: New ethics for the public's health / edited by Dan E. Beauchamp, Bonnie Steinbock. 1990

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents of Works

• The public health perspective
• Autonomy and paternalism
• Justice and health
• Infectious disease: coercion and the protection of society
• Regulation and environmental and occupational health
• Genetics and public health

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: [cloth] ISBN 9780195180848

Description

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 editors offer a context for discussion with introductory essays for each of the book's five sections.

Table of Contents

• 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

Volume

: [pbk.] ISBN 9780195180855

Description

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 editors offer a context for discussion with introductory essays for each of the book's five sections.

Table of Contents

• 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

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Details

• NCID: BA82769092
• ISBN:
  • 9780195180848
  • 9780195180855
• LCCN: 2006004331
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 418 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA427.25
  • NDLC : EG211
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public health -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Medical policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • MESH : Public Health -- ethics -- Collected Works
  • MESH : Communicable Disease Control -- Collected Works
  • MESH : Environmental Health -- Collected Works
  • MESH : Ethics, Medical -- Collected Works
  • MESH : Health Policy -- Collected Works
  • MESH : Social Problems -- Collected Works