<strong>Public Health Policy and Ethics</strong> brings together philosophers and practitionersto address the foundations and principles upon which public healt... » 

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitionersto address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy maybe 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 dopolicy concerns and clinical practice work together and work against eachother? Can the boundaries of public health be extended to include social illsthat are amenable to groupdynamic solutions? These are some of the crucialquestions that form the core of this volume of original essays sure to causepractitioners to engage in a critical reevaluation of the role of ethics inpublic health policy. This volume is unique because of its philosophicalapproach. It develops a theoretical basis for public health and then examinescuttingedge issues of practice that include social and political issues ofpublic 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 publichealth policy ethics and social philosophy. It may be used as a textbook forcourses on public health policy and ethics medical ethics social philosophyand applied or public philosophy. «