Ethics in public health and health policy : concepts, methods, case studies /

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Imprint:Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Public health ethics analysis, 2211-6680 ; v.1
Public health ethics analysis ; v.1.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9851113
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Other authors / contributors:Strech, Daniel.
Hirschberg, Irene.
Marckmann, Georg.
ISBN:9789400763746 (electronic bk.)
9400763743 (electronic bk.)
9789400763739
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:Ethical issues associated with public health and health policy--related, for example, to pandemic plans and vaccination policies (c.f. SARS or pandemic influenza), preventive measures like screening (e.g. for breast cancer or dementia) or health information campaigns, social inequalities or health care rationing--are increasing in worldwide importance. Evidence-based information for valid benefit-harm assessment is often rare and hard to get for participants in public health interventions. Program implementation often disregards requirements of fair decision-making processes (like public part