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Public Health Ethics and Practice (Hardcover)
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Public Health Ethics and Practice (Hardcover)
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Ethical dilemmas in the areas of health care and policy making are
not new, but in recent years the frequency and diversity of these
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. Along with this, the same
technology and knowledge is increasing professional and public
awareness of new potential public health threats (e.g. pandemic
influenza), all of which means that ethical concerns are going to
be more central than ever before. 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' which is not without
difficulty. 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. There is clearly a need to develop
this debate and 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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