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Public health ethics and practice (Paperback, New)
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Public health ethics and practice (Paperback, New)
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Ethical dilemmas are not new in the area of health care and policy
making, but in recent years, their frequency and diversity have
grown considerably. All health professionals now have to consider
the ethical implications of an increasing array of treatments,
interventions and health promotion activities on an almost daily
basis. This goes hand in hand with increasing medical knowledge,
and the growth of new and innovative medical technologies and
pharmaceuticals. In addition, the same technology and knowledge is
increasing professional and public awareness of new potential
public health threats (e.g. pandemic influenza). At the level of
public policy, concerns over the rising costs of health care have
led to a more explicit focus on 'health promotion', and the
surveillance of both 'patients' and the so-called 'worried well'.
Health professionals and policy makers also have to consider the
implications of managing these risks, for example restricting
individual liberty through enforced quarantine (in the wake of SARS
and more recently swine flu) and the more general distribution of
harms and benefits. Balancing the rights and responsibilities of
individuals and wider populations is becoming more complex and
problematic. This book will play a key role in opening out a
discussion of public health ethics. It examines the principles and
values that support an ethical approach to public health practice
and provides examples of some of the complex areas which those
practising, analysing and planning the health of populations have
to navigate. It will therefore be essential reading for current
practitioners, those involved in public health research and a
valuable aid for anyone interested in examining the tensions within
and the development of public health.
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