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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785879803321

Titolo

Ethics and security aspects of infectious disease control : interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Christian Enemark and Michael Selgelid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-58035-7

1-317-14128-8

1-317-14127-X

1-4094-2254-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Global health

Altri autori (Persone)

EnemarkChristian

SelgelidMichael J

Disciplina

174.2/969

Soggetti

Communicable diseases - Moral and ethical aspects

Communicable diseases - Political aspects

Epidemics - Prevention - Moral and ethical aspects

Public health surveillance - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Concept of Security; 2 The Value of Security: A Moderate Pluralist Perspective; 3 HIV/AIDS, Security and Ethics; 4 Filth and Failure: The Security Politics of Cholera; 5 Securitizing Epidemics: Three Lessons from History; 6 The Disappearing Act of Global Health Security; 7 Extending Ethical Justification for Public Health Surveillance to Situation Awareness

8 Electronic Surveillance for Communicable Disease Prevention and Control: Health Protection or a Threat to Privacy and Autonomy?9 Ethics of Research in Epidemic Response; 10 Media Ethics and Infectious Disease; 11 Ethics and Indigeneity in Responding to Pandemic Influenza: Mà„ori Values in New Zealand's Emergency Planning; 12 Governance, Rights and Pandemics: Science, Public Health or Individual Rights?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The actual or potential burden of infectious diseases is sometimes so



great that governments treat them as threats to national security. However, such treatment potentially increases the risk that emergency disease-control measures will be ineffective, counterproductive and/or unjust. Research on ethical issues associated with infectious disease is a relatively new and rapidly growing area of academic inquiry, as is research on infectious diseases within the field of security studies. This volume incorporates ethical and security perspectives, thus furthering research in both fields. Its uniqu