International Public Health Policy and Ethics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Boylan, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 42
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political philosophy.; Public health.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Political Philosophy.; Philosophy, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Morality and Politics
• Introduction: International Public Health: Morality, Politics, Poverty, War, Disease
• Personal or Public Health?
• Exploring the Philosophical Foundations of the Human Rights Approach to International Public Health Ethics
• Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research
• Torture and Public Health
• Exporting the “Culture of Life”
• Money and Poverty
• International Health Inequalities and Global Justice
• Poverty, Human Rights, and Just Distribution
• Why Should We Help the Poor? Philosophy and Poverty
• Health Care Justice: The Social Insurance Approach
• Investments, Universal Ownership, and Public Health
• Medical Need and Response
• Toward Control of Infectious Disease: Ethical Challenges for a Global Effort
• Shaping Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic
• TB Matters More
• Ethics of Management of Gender Atypical Organisation in Children and Adolescents
• Clean Water.