Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health

In these twelve papers notable ethicists 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, vaccinations, and the nature of infectious disease.

(Oxford)

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Roberto Andorno, Medical Health Care and Philosophy Public health ethics is a rapidly developing area within and outside bioethics and this book attempts to fill some gaps in the literature... The contributions cover a wide range of topics, raise puzzling questions and use theoretical tools from various disciplines to argue their cases.

(Oxford)

1. Introduction: Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health; 2. The Meaning of 'Public' in 'Public Health'; 3. Public Health and Civic Republicanism: Towards 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 Approach; 12. Informed Consent and the Expansion of Newborn Screening

(Oxford)