1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004084349707536

Autore

Carluccio, Luigi

Titolo

Sutherland / [Luigi Carluccio]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Fabbri, c1966

Descrizione fisica

1 v. : ill. ; 36 cm

Collana

I maestri del colore ; 120

Disciplina

759.2

Soggetti

Sutherland, Graham

Sutherland, Graham

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777498403321

Titolo

Ethics, prevention, and public health [[electronic resource] /] / 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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

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

Description based upon print version of record.

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 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 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