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Public Health Ethics 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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How far should we go in protecting and promoting public health? Can
we force people to give up unhealthy habits and make healthier
choices? Should we stop treating smokers who refuse to give up
smoking, for example, or put a tax on fatty foods and ban vending
machines in schools to address the obesity epidemic ? Or can we
nudge people towards healthy options without compromising their
freedom to choose? Such questions are at the heart of public health
ethics. In this second edition of his well respected textbook,
Stephen Holland shows that to understand and debate these issues
requires philosophy: moral philosophies, including utilitarianism
and deontology, as well as political philosophies such as
liberalism and communitarianism. And philosophy informs other
aspects of public health, such as epidemiology, health promotion,
and screening. The new edition has been fully revised and updated
to reflect recent developments in the field. There is a new chapter
on the ethics of 'harm reduction', looking at policies which aim to
reduce the harmful effects of unhealthy behaviour, such as using
illicit drugs, as opposed to trying to get people to abstain.
Additional material has been added on the recent interest in
'nudging' people towards more healthy choices in a new theoretical
section on libertarian paternalism, as well as more on debates on
the ethics of other current public health policies, such as using
financial incentives to get people to take more responsibility for
their own health. Public Health Ethics provides a lively,
accessible and philosophically informed introduction to such
issues. As well as being an ideal textbook for students taking
courses in public health ethics, Holland s systematic discussion of
the ethics of public health will engage and inform the more
advanced reader too.
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