Ethics, prevention, and public health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.2
• Soggetto topico: Public health - Moral and ethical aspects; Health services administration - Moral and ethical aspects
• Altri autori: DawsonAngus VerweijM. F
• 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
• 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.: 9910777498403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in biomedical ethics.