Ethical issues associated with public health and health policy--related, for example, to pandemic plans and vaccination policies (c.f. SARS or pandemic influenz

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be

Natural disasters and cholera outbreaks. Ebola, SARS, and concerns over pandemic flu. HIV and AIDS. E. coli outbreaks from contaminated produce and fast foods.

As it seeks to protect the health of populations, public health inevitably confronts a range of critical ethical challenges. This volume brings together 25 arti

Public health ethics is a discipline concerned with the health of the public or a population as a whole, rather than focusing on the individual. This book intro