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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807006903321

Titolo

Ethics, prevention, and public health / / edited by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04369-8

1-281-15480-6

9786611154806

0-19-151616-3

1-4294-7107-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Collana

Issues in biomedical ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

DawsonAngus

VerweijM. F

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Public health - Moral and ethical aspects

Health services administration - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

In 12 original papers notable ethicists explore various issues raised by public health practice. They use the resources of ethical theory to illuminate important theoretical and practical topics, including the



nature of public health, notions of community, population bioethics, smoking policies and vaccinations.