The Oxford handbook of public health ethics / edited by Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Nancy E. Kass.

Other author Mastroianni, Anna C.
Other author Kahn, Jeffrey P.
Other author Kass, Nancy E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxxxiii, 904 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Philosophy
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online 2019 Philosophy
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Portion of title Public health ethics
Summary Natural disasters and cholera outbreaks. Ebola, SARS, and concerns over pandemic flu. HIV and AIDS. E. coli outbreaks from contaminated produce and fast foods. Threats of bioterrorism. Contamination of compounded drugs. Vaccination refusals and outbreaks of preventable diseases. These are just some of the headlines from the last 30-plus years highlighting the essential roles and responsibilities of public health, all of which come with ethical issues and the responsibilities they create. Public health has achieved extraordinary successes. And yet these successes also bring with them ethical tension. Not all public health successes are equally distributed in the population; extraordinary health disparities between rich and poor still exist. The most successful public health programs sometimes rely on policies that, while improving public health conditions, also limit individual rights. Public health practitioners and policymakers face these and other questions of ethics routinely in their work, and they must navigate their sometimes competing responsibilities to the health of the public with other important societal values such as privacy, autonomy, and prevailing cultural norms.--From publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019943545
ISBN9780190245191 hardcover
ISBN0190245190 hardcover