Ethics, prevention, and public health / / edited by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij
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| Titolo: |
Ethics, prevention, and public health / / edited by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 174.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public health - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Health services administration - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
DawsonAngus
VerweijM. F
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ethics, prevention, and public health |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04369-8 |
| 1-281-15480-6 | |
| 9786611154806 | |
| 0-19-151616-3 | |
| 1-4294-7107-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807006903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Issues in biomedical ethics.