Public Health Policy and Ethics

Preface: What is Public Health, Introduction: Michael Boylan, 'The Moral Imperative to Maintain Public Health' 1. D. Micah Hester, 'Professing Public Health: Practicing Ethics and Ethics as Practice' 2. Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma, 'The Good of Patients and the Good of Society: Striking a Moral Balance' 3. Rosemarie Tong, 'Taking on 'Big Fat' : The Relative Risks and Benefits of the War Against Obesity' 4. Deryck Beyleveld and Shaun D. Pattinson, 'Individual Rights, Social Justice, and the Allocation of Advances in Biotechnology' 5. Rosamond Rhodes, 'Justice in Allocations for Terrorism, Biological Warfare, and Public Health' 6. Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley, 'A New Bioethics Framework for Facilitating Better Decision-Making About Genetic Information' 7. Mary B. Mahowald, 'Sanctity of Life vs. Quality of Life in Maternal-Fetal Surgery: Personal and Public Priorities' 8. Michael Boylan, 'Gun Control and Public Health' 9. Wanda Teays, 'From Fear to Eternity: Violence and Public Health' 10. Laura Purdy, 'The Politics of Preventing Premature Death' 11. David Cummiskey, 'The Right to Die and the Right to Health Care' 11. Michael I Green, 'Global Justice and Health: Is Health Care a Basic Right?' 12. Rosemary B. Quigley, 'Advocacy and Community: Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Research' About the Contributors Index... Mehr