International public health policy and ethics /
Contributor(s): Boylan, Michael.
Series: International library of ethics, law and the new medicine ; v. 42.Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer, c2008Description: vi, 297 p. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781402086168 (hbk.); 9781402086168:.Subject(s): Public health -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medical policy -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medical ethicsDDC classification: 174.294Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 174.294 BOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0074522 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International public health, morality, politics, poverty, war, disease / Michael Boylan -- Pt. 1. Morality and politics -- Personal or public health / Muireann Quigley, John Harris -- Exploring the philosophical foundations of the human rights approach to International public health ethics / Kristen Hessler -- Moral interests, privacy, and medical research / Deryck Beyleveld, Shaun D. Pattinson -- Torture and public health / Wanda Teays -- Exporting the Culture of Life / Laura Purdy -- Pt. II. Money and poverty -- International health inequalities and global justice / Norman Daniels -- Poverty, human rights, and just distribution / John-Stewart Gordon -- Why should we help the poor / Christian Illies -- Health care justice, the social insurance approach / David Cummiskey -- Investments, universal ownership, and public health / Henrik Syse -- Pt. III. Medical need and response -- Toward control of infectious disease / Margaret P. Battin ... [et al.] -- Shaping ethical guidelines for an influenze pandemic / Rosemarie Tong -- TB matters more / Michael J. Selgelid, Paul M. Kelly, Adrian Sleigh -- Ethics of management of gender atypical organisation in children and adolescents / Simona Giordano -- Clean water / Michael Boyland.
'Public Health Policy and Ethics' brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced - especially in the international arena.