Public Health Ethics Global Cases, Practice, and Context

• Other Authors: Barrett, Drue H. (Editor), Dawson, Angus (Editor), Ortmann, Leonard W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland Springer [2016]
• Series: Open textbook library.
• Subjects: Medicine > Textbooks; Public Health > Textbooks
• Online Access: Access online version

Introducing public health ethics poses two special challenges. First, it is a relatively new field that combines public health and practical ethics. Its unfamiliarity requires considerable explanation, yet its scope and emergent qualities make delineation difficult. Moreover, while the early develop...