Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe

Drue H. Barrett, Ph.D., Lead, Public Health Ethics Unit, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Gail Bolan, M.D., Director for the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (DSTDP), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Angus Dawson, Ph.D., Professor of Bioethics and Director, Centre for Values, Ethics & the Law in Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney , Australia Leonard Ortmann, Ph.D., Senior Public Health Ethics Advisor, Public Health Ethics Unit, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Andreas Reis, M.D., M.Sc., Technical Officer, Global Health Ethics, Department of Knowledge, Ethics and Research, World HealthOrganization, Genève, Switzerland Carla Saenz, Ph.D., Bioethics Regional Advisor, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., USA

"This work is the third volume in Springer's 'Public Health Ethics Analysis' series. ... The most recent volume examines one of the fastest growing subdisciplines of bioethics-public health ethics-from a global perspective. ... Each chapter begins with an introduction and discussion of each topic, accompanied by case studies, discussion questions, and additional references for further investigation. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals." (M. L. Charleroy, Choice, Vol. 54 (5), January, 2017)

• SECTION 1:  INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS.- Chapter 1: Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Contexts.-  Chapter 2: Essential Cases in the Development of Public Health Ethics.- SECTION 2:  TOPICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS.- Chapter 3:  Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation and Priority Setting.- Chapter 4:  Ethical Issues in Disease Prevention and Control.- Chapter 5:  Ethical Issues Raised by Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.- Chapter 6:  Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Public Health.- Chapter 7:  Vulnerability and Marginalized Populations.- Chapter 8:  International Collaboration for Global Public Health.- Chapter 9: Public Health Research Ethics.- Index.