Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health

by Marcel Verweij and Angus Dawson

Book Overview

Public health is an important and fast-developing area of ethical discussion. In this volume a range of issues in public health ethics are explored using the resources of moral theory, political philosophy, philosophy of science, applied ethics, law, and economics.

The twelve original papers presented consider numerous ethical issues arise within public health ethics. To what extent can the public good or the public interest justify state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199570531
• ISBN13: 9780199570539
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"