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Titolo |
Ethics, prevention, and public health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04369-8 |
1-281-15480-6 |
9786611154806 |
0-19-151616-3 |
1-4294-7107-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in biomedical ethics |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public health - Moral and ethical aspects |
Health services administration - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health; 2. The Meaning of 'Public' in 'Public Health'; 3. Public Health and Civic Republicanism: Toward an Alternative Framework for Public Health Ethics; 4. Health of the People: The Highest Law?; 5. Population-Level Bioethics: Mapping a New Agenda; 6. Parental Choice and Expert Knowledge in the Debate about MMR and Autism; 7. Ethical Issues in Applying Quantitative Models for Setting Priorities in Prevention; 8. Reasonable Limits to Public Health Demands |
9. Vertical Transmission of Infectious Diseases and Genetic Disorder: Are the Medical and Public Responses Consistent?10. Herd Protection as a Public Good: Vaccination and our Obligations to Others; 11. Tobacco Discouragement: A Non-Paternalistic Argument; 12. Informed Consent and the Expansion of Newborn Screening; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In twelve original papers notable ethicists explore various issues raised by public health practice - an area that has received scant attention in published literature. They use the resources of ethical theory to |
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illuminate important theoretical and practical topics, including the nature of public health, notions of community, population bioethics, the legitimate role of law, the use of cost-effectiveness as a methodology, screening, smoking policies, vaccinations, and the nature of. infectious disease. - ;Public health is an important and fast-developing area of ethical discussion. In this vo |
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