Most books about ethics and health focus on issues arising from individual patients and their relationships with doctors and other health professionals. More and more, however, ethical issues are challenges that face entire communities, not just individual patients. This book is an edited collection of readings that addresses these public health challenges. Many of the issues considered, such as policy for alcohol and other drugs, newly emergent epidemics, and violence prevention, are public health concerns beyond the purview of traditional bioethics. Others, such as access to health care, managed care, reproductive technologies, and genetic testing, are covered in bioethics texts, but here they are approached from the distinct viewpoint of public health. The book makes explicit the community perspective of public health, as well as the field's emphasis on prevention. It examines the conceptual issues raised by the public health perspective (i.e., what is meant by community, the common good, and individual autonomy) as well as the policies that can be developed when health problems are approached in population-based, preventive terms.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780195124392
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94472442
Product Key Features
Author
Dan E. Beauchamp, Bonnie Steinbock
Publication Name
New Ethics for the Public's Health
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Healthcare System
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
398 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
154mm
Item Weight
578g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Dan E. Beauchamp, Bonnie Steinbock
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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