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Uniform title:Public health ethics (Barrett)
Imprint:Switzerland : Springer Open, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 329 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Public health ethics analysis, 2211-6699 ; volume 3
Public health ethics analysis ; v. 3.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11254837
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Other authors / contributors:Barrett, Drue H., editor.
Ortmann, Leonard W., editor.
Dawson, Angus, editor.
Saenz, Carla, 1974- editor.
Reis, Andreas, 1973- editor.
Bolan, Gail, editor.
ISBN:9783319238470
3319238477
9783319238740
9783319238463
3319238469
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open access.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 21, 2016).
Summary:This book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics. Although the practice of public health has always included consideration of ethical issues, the field of public health ethics as a discipline is a relatively new and emerging area. There are few practical training resources for public health practitioners, especially resources which include discussion of realistic cases which are likely to arise in the practice of public health. This work discusses these issues on a case to case basis and helps create awareness and understanding of the ethics of public health care. The main audience for the casebook is public health practitioners, including front-line workers, field epidemiology trainers and trainees, managers, planners, and decision makers who have an interest in learning about how to integrate ethical analysis into their day to day public health practice. The casebook is also useful to schools of public health and public health students as well as to academic ethicists who can use the book to teach public health ethics and distinguish it from clinical and research ethics.
Other form:Print version: Public health ethics. Switzerland : Springer, [2016] 9783319238463
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-23847-0
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This work is the third volume in Springer's "Public Health Ethics Analysis" series. Previous volumes from the series provide an introduction to the field of public health ethics and also discuss ethics in the midst of disasters. The most recent volume examines one of the fastest growing subdisciplines of bioethics--public health ethics--from a global perspective. The first section of the volume introduces global public health ethics, distinguishing it from the fields of bioethics and clinical ethics. The second section analyzes specific topics in the field, including vulnerable populations, public health research, and environmental and occupational health. Each chapter begins with an introduction and discussion of each topic, accompanied by case studies, discussion questions, and additional references for further investigation. Over 100 contributors from academic, research, non-profit, governmental, and practical backgrounds compose the content of this case-based volume. This work is published through SpringerOpen, providing full, free, and unlimited access to all readers. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals. --Margaret L. Charleroy, University of Minnesota

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