The Philosophy of Public Health

Herausgeber: Dawson, Angus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Public health is once again becoming a major political and social issue in the 21st century, especially in relation to issues such as vaccination, the threat of pandemics, bioterrorism, smoking and obesity. A diverse set of theoretical ideas have emerged recently in the legal, political, bioethical and philosophical fields that could usefully be applied to these and other issues in public health. This book provides a much needed introduction to some of the relevant philosophical concepts and arguments that might be used to build a philosophy of public health. Consisting of both theoretical contributions and case studies, this multidisciplinary collection of essays will both inform and generate debate among academics, policy makers and practitioners about these important issues in public health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780754660439
• ISBN-10: 0754660435
• Artikelnr.: 38594206

Autorenporträt

Angus Dawson is Professor of Public Health Ethics and Head of Medicine, Ethics, Society & History (MESH) at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: the philosophy of public health
Angus Dawson; The role of law in public health
Robyn Martin; Luck
risk and prevention
Katherine King; The duty to promote social capital
Patricia Illingworth; On the evaluative space for measuring public health performance
Onyebuchi A. Arah; Global concerns and local arguments: how a localized bioethics may perpetuate injustice
Sÿren Holm; Health in developing countries and our global responsibilities
Gillian Brock; Shared responsibility agreements: causes of contention
Paula Boddington; Anti-paternalism and public health policy: the case of product safety legislation
Kalle Grille; Newborn screening and choosing whether to know
Niels Nijsingh; Choosing to sleep
Benjamin Hale and Lauren Hale; Categories of constraint and avenues of freedom: proposing collective agency for addressing problems of obesity
Catherine A. Womack; Equipoise in public health research
Marcel Verweij; Closing the book on infectious disease: the mischievous consequences for bioethics and for public health
Leslie P. Francis
Margaret P. Battin
Jay A. Jacobson and Charles B. Smith; The common good argument and HIV prevention
Charlotte Paul; Contagious disease and rights
T.M. Wilkinson; Index