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Health & Freedom in the Balance - Exploring the Tensions Among Public Health, Individual Liberty, & Governmental Authority (Hardcover)
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Health & Freedom in the Balance - Exploring the Tensions Among Public Health, Individual Liberty, & Governmental Authority (Hardcover)
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The clash between individual liberties and the protection of the
greater population is an ongoing conflict between core principles
held dear by Americans for centuries. One of the nexus points
occurs in the application of public health measures by governmental
authorities to defeat deadly germs, perhaps on an epidemic scale,
in ways that can erode individual decisions about healthcare,
privacy, bodily integrity, and personal liberty in the name of the
greater good of community health. People may approve and appreciate
protective measures enacted by the government when influenza breaks
out or when there is a food recall, but may also feel wary
simultaneously. How has this conflict played out throughout
history, and how has this clash progressed today? What benefits do
individuals reap and what costs do they pay for the application of
public health? Almost every individual will find himself or herself
engaged with public health measures of some kind on an individual,
familial, or community level, so we should all be aware of the
issues involved. Because of these parallels between historical and
current exercises of public health, the authors wrote this
textbook, which was inspired by a renowned lecture series created
by Saul O. Sidore. The Sidore lecture series was established in
1965 in memory of Saul O. Sidore of Manchester, New Hampshire, and
it is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at the University
of New Hampshire. Mr. Sidore was a humanitarian, a businessman, and
president of the Brookshire Mills and Pandora Industries in
Manchester. He was a progressive employer, and the lecture series
named in his honor addresses critical issues in politics, society,
and culture. The theme for the 2013-2014 lecture series was Your
Liberty or Your Health: Exploring the Tensions among Public Health,
Individual Liberty and Governmental Authority. As editors of this
textbook a collection of case studies and class exercises the
authors believe that this topic and structure will be of academic
interest to those in justice studies, history, and health and human
services, just to name a few of the programs in an academic
community. The universal applicability of the issues discussed
herein will make this text relevant to those outside of these
programs and communities as well. Finally, this book will encourage
conversations across campuses and organisations and between groups
that do not always have an opportunity to interact, enabling future
readers to engage in debates about the tensions between individual
rights, governmental authority, and public health needs.
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