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Author:   Angus Dawson (Centre for Professional Ethics, Keele University) ,  Marcel Verweij (Ethics Institute, Utrecht University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.332kg
ISBN:  

9780199570539

ISBN 10:   0199570531
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   09 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij: Introduction: Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health 2: Marcel Verweij and Angus Dawson: The Meaning of 'Public' in 'Public Health' 3: Bruce Jennings: Public Health and Civic Republicanism: Towards an Alternative Framework for Public Health Ethics 4: Lawrence O. Gostin and Lesley Stone: Health of the People: The Highest Law? 5: Daniel Wikler and Dan W. Brock: Population-level Bioethics: Mapping a New Agenda 6: Tom Sorell: Parental Choice and Expert Knowledge in the Debate about MMR and Autism 7: Dan W. Brock: Ethical Issues in Applying Quantitative Models for Setting Priorities in Prevention 8: Mariëtte van den Hoven: Reasonable Limits to Public Health Demands 9: Jay A. Jackson, Margaret P. Battin, Jeffrey R. Botkin, Leslie Francis, James Mason, and Charles B. Smith: Vertical Transmission of Infectious Diseases and Genetic Disorder: Are the Medical and Public Responses Consistent? 10: Angus Dawson: Herd Protection as a Public Good: Vaccination and Our Obligations to Others 11: Marcel Verweij: Tobacco Discouragement: A Non-paternalistic Approach 12: Niels Nijsingh: Informed Consent and the Expansion of Newborn Screening

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`Review from previous edition The book is very well structured...Personally, the book has enabled me to get a better grip on an issue that I have had in the back of my mind for some years...this book does not provide ready-made answers for public health practitioners stumbling over ethical issues. Rather, it forces readers to reflect on these issues, deepen their understanding and arrive at conclusions that should be discussed with others.' Reiner Banken, Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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. Roberto Andorno, Medical Health Care and Philosophy

Author Information

Angus Dawson is Senior Lecturer in Ethics & Philosophy in the Centre for Professional Ethics at Keele University in the UK. Marcel Verweij is senior researcher and lecturer at the Ethics Institute, Utrecht University.

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