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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815021303321

Autore

Coggon John <1980->

Titolo

What makes health public? : a critical evaluation of moral, legal, and political claims in public health / / John Coggon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-107-23043-8

1-139-21012-2

1-280-56888-7

1-139-22310-0

9786613598486

1-139-06103-8

1-139-22482-4

1-139-21830-1

1-139-21521-3

1-139-22139-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics

Classificazione

LAW046000

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Public health - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical care - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Basic Concepts and Public Health: 1. Health, normativity, and politics; 2. The public, and things being public; 3. The seven faces of public health; 4. Public health policy; 5. Public health law and ethics; 6. Conclusion to Part I -- Part II. Evaluating Evaluations: Making Health Public: 7. Analysis in the political realm; 8. Making health public; 9. Conclusion to Part II -- Part III. Tackling Responsibility: Liberal Citizens as Subjects and Sovereigns: 10. Liberal citizens: defining non-individuated individuals; 11. Health made public: rights, responsibilities, and shared concerns; 12. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

John Coggon argues that the important question for analysts in the fields of public health law and ethics is 'what makes health public?' He offers a conceptual and analytic scrutiny of the salient issues raised by



this question, outlines the concepts entailed in, or denoted by, the term 'public health' and argues why and how normative analyses in public health are inquiries in political theory. The arguments expose and explain the political claims inherent in key works in public health ethics. Coggon then develops and defends a particular understanding of political liberalism, describing its implications for critical study of public health policies and practices. Covering important works from legal, moral, and political theory, public health, public health law and ethics, and bioethics, this is a foundational text for scholars, practitioners and policy bodies interested in freedoms, rights and responsibilities relating to health.