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Natural disasters and cholera outbreaks. Ebola, SARS, and concerns over pandemic flu. HIV and AIDS. E. coli outbreaks from contaminated produce and fast foods. Threats of bioterrorism. Contamination of compounded drugs. Vaccination refusals and outbreaks of preventable diseases. These are just some of the headlines from the last 30-plus years highlighting the essential roles and responsibilities of public health, all of which come with ethical issues and the responsibilities they create.Public health has achieved extraordinary successes. And yet these successes also bring with them ethical tension. Not all public health successes are equally distributed in the population; extraordinary health disparities between rich and poor still exist. The most successful public health programs sometimes rely on policies that, while improving public health conditions, also limit individual rights. Public health practitioners and policymakers face these and other questions of ethics routinely in their work, and they must navigate their sometimes competing responsibilities to the health of the public with other important societal values such as privacy, autonomy, and prevailing cultural norms.This Oxford Handbook provides a sweeping and comprehensive review of the current state of public health ethics, addressing these and numerous other questions. Taking account of the wide range of topics under the umbrella of public health and the ethical issues raised by them, this volume is organized into fifteen sections. It begins with two sections that discuss the conceptual foundations, ethical tensions, and ethical frameworks of and for public health and how public health does its work. The thirteen sections that follow examine the application of public health ethics considerations and approaches across a broad range of public health topics. While chapters are organized into topical sections, each chapter is designed to serve as a standalone contribution. The book includes 73 chapters covering many topics from varying perspectives, a recognition of the diversity of the issues that define public health ethics in the U.S. and globally. This Handbook is an authoritative and indispensable guide to the state of public health ethics today.
Table of Contents
Public Health Ethics: An Introduction and OverviewPART ONE - FOUNDATIONSSection One - Conceptual Foundations, Ethical Tensions, and Ethical Frameworks1. An Overview of Conceptual Foundations, Ethical Tensions, and Ethical Frameworks in Public Health2. Distinctive Challenges of Public Health Ethics3. Public Health Programs and Policies: Ethical Justifications4. Justice and Public Health5. Human Rights and Public Health EthicsSection Two - How Public Health Does its Work6. An Overview of Ethics and How Public Health Does its Work7. The US Public Health System and Ethics8. Public Health Interventions: Ethical Implications9. The Intersection of Law, Ethics, and Public Health in the United StatesPART TWO - PUBLIC HEALTH TOPICSSection Three - Health Systems and Public Health10. An Overview of the Ethics of Health Systems11. Health Systems Stewardship, Governance, and Accountability: Issues of Public Health Ethics12. Global Human Resources for Health: Ethical Aspects13. Health Systems Research Ethics: Public Health Perspectives14. The Learning Health Care System and Ethics: Challenges and OpportunitiesSection Four - Needs and Issues Related to Particular Populations15. An Overview of Ethics Issues for Public Health in Particular Populations16. Aging Populations and Public Health Ethics17. Children, Adolescents, and Public Health: Ethical Considerations18. Ethics in Mental Health Care: A Public Health Perspective19. Persons with Disabilities and Public Health Ethics20. Sexual and Gender Minorities, Public Health, and Ethics21. Public Health in the Context of Migration: Ethics Issues Related to Immigrants and RefugeesSection Five - Health Disparities22. An Overview of Health Disparities in the Context of Public Health Ethics23. Health Disparities and the Social Determinants of Health: Ethical and Social Justice Issues24. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities as a Public Health Ethics Issue25. Reconciling Two Ethics Goals of Public Health: Reducing Health Disparities and Improving Population Health26. Measuring Health Inequity: A Public Health Ethics InquirySection Six - Data Collection27. An Overview of Ethics and Public Health Data Collection28. Public Health Surveillance: Ethical Considerations29. Framing Public Health Research Ethics30. Community-Based Participatory Research: Ethical Considerations31. Navigating the Ethics of Big Data in Public HealthSection Seven -Sexual and Reproductive Health32. An Overview of Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Context of Public Health Ethics33. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Public Health, and Ethics34. Contraception and Public Health Ethics35. Abortion and Public Health Ethics36. Access to Pregnancy-Related Services: Public Health Ethics IssuesSection Eight - Communicable Diseases37. An Overview of Ethics, Public Health, and Communicable Diseases38. Immunization and Ethics: Beneficence, Coercion, Public Health, and the State39. Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Ethical Challenges40. Control of Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: A Challenge to Public Health Ethics41. Global HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment: Public Health Ethics ConsiderationsSection Nine - Noncommunicable Diseases42. An Overview of Ethics, Public Health, and Noncommunicable Diseases43. Tobacco as a Matter of Public Health: Ethical Issues44. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Public Health Ethics Issues45. Global Public Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, and Ethics46. Treating Cancer as a Public Health Ethics IssueSection Ten - Food, Water, and Nutrition47. An Overview of Ethical Issues in Food, Water, and Nutrition in Public Health48. Water, Justice, and Public Health49. Malnutrition, Public Health, and Ethics50. Obesity Prevention and Promotion of Good Nutrition: Public Health Ethics IssuesSection Eleven - Injuries51. An Overview of the Ethics of Injury in Public Health52. Preventing Unintentional Injuries: Ethical Considerations in Public Health53. Violence and Public Health EthicsSection Twelve - Genetics54. An Overview of Ethics and Public Health Genetics55. Eugenics and Public Health: Historical Connections and Ethical Implications56. Newborn Screening in the United States: Ethical Issues57. Public Health Genomics, Biobanking, and Ethics58. Genetic Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, and Public Health EthicsSection Thirteen - Environmental Health59. An Overview of Ethics and Environmental Health60. Industrial Chemicals, Pesticides, Public Health and Ethics61. Occupational Health and the Built Environment: Ethical Issues62. Environmental Justice, Ethics, and Public Health63. Energy, Emissions, and Public Health Ethics64. Environmental Health Research and EthicsSection Fourteen - Emergency Preparedness and Response65. An Overview of Public Health Ethics in Emergency Preparedness and Response66. Biosecurity and Public Health Ethics Issues Raised by Biological Threats67. Natural and Industrial Disaster Events, Public Health, and Ethics68. Pandemic Disease, Public Health, and EthicsSection Fifteen - Public Health Policy and Politics69. An Overview of Ethics, Public Health Policy, and Politics70. Global Development, Global Public Health, and Ethics71. Responsible Resource Allocation, Public Health Stewardship, and Ethics72. The Political Economy of Public Health: Challenges for Ethics73. Incorporating Ethics in Policy Change and Health Reform
