Ethics, prevention, and public health /

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Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (x, 234 pages).
Language:English
Series:Issues in biomedical ethics
Issues in biomedical ethics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152775
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Other authors / contributors:Dawson, Angus.
Verweij, M. F.
ISBN:9780191516160
0191516163
0199290695
9780199290697
9781429471077
1429471077
1281154806
9781281154804
9786611154806
6611154809
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.
English.
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Summary:In twelve original papers notable ethicists explore various issues raised by public health practice - an area that has received scant attention in published literature. They use the resources of ethical theory to illuminate important theoretical and practical topics, including the nature of public health, notions of community, population bioethics, the legitimate role of law, the use of cost-effectiveness as a methodology, screening, smoking policies, vaccinations, and the nature of. infectious disease. - ;Public health is an important and fast-developing area of ethical discussion. In this vo.
Other form:Print version: Ethics, prevention, and public health. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199290697 0199290695