International Public Health Policy and Ethics

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced – especially in the international arena. What is the basis that justifies public health in the first place? Why should individuals...

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Main Authors Weisstub, David N, Boylan, Michael
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2008
Springer
Edition1. Aufl.
SeriesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Subjects
Ethics
Medical ethics
Medical policy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Philosophy, general
Political Philosophy
Public Health
Politik Gesundheitspolitik
Politik Gesellschaft
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Summary:Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced – especially in the international arena. What is the basis that justifies public health in the first place? Why should individuals be disadvantaged for the sake of the group? How do policy concerns and clinical practice work together and work against each other? Can the boundaries of public health be extended to include social ills that are amenable to group-dynamic solutions? What about political issues? How can international finance make an impact? These are some of the crucial questions that form the core of this volume of original essays sure to cause practitioners to engage in a critical re-evaluation of the role of ethics in public health policy.
ISBN:1402086164
9781402086168
ISSN:1567-8008
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4020-8617-5