Author : Michael Boylan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402017636
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (176 download)
Book Synopsis Public Health Policy and Ethics by : Michael Boylan
Download or read book Public Health Policy and Ethics written by Michael Boylan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced. What is the basis that justifies public health in the first place? Why should individuals be disadvantaged for the sake of the group? How do policy concerns and clinical practice work together and work against each other? Can the boundaries of public health be extended to include social ills that are amenable to group-dynamic solutions? These are some of the crucial questions that form the core of this volume of original essays sure to cause practitioners to engage in a critical re-evaluation of the role of ethics in public health policy. This volume is unique because of its philosophical approach. It develops a theoretical basis for public health and then examines cutting-edge issues of practice that include social and political issues of public health. In this way the book extends the usual purview of public health. Public Health Policy and Ethics is of interest to those working in public health policy, ethics and social philosophy. It may be used as a textbook for courses on public health policy and ethics, medical ethics, social philosophy and applied or public philosophy.