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Essentials of public health ethics / Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH, Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, James F. Childress, PhD, Universitgy Professor, John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics, Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Richard J. Bonnie, JD, Harrison Foundation Professor of Law and Medicine, Professor of Public Policy, School of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Alan L. Melnick, MD, MPH, CPH, Public Health Director/Health Officer, Clark County, WA, Adjunct Associate Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine and Public, Health & Preventative Medicine, Portland OR.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2015Description: xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780763780463
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 23
LOC classification:
  • R724 .B435 2015
NLM classification:
  • WA 21
Contents:
Introduction : a framework for public health ethics -- Moral considerations : bases and limits for public health -- The political and legal context of public health ethics -- Public health perspectives -- Surveillance and public health data : the foundation and eyes of public health -- Case finding : screening, testing, and tracing -- Immunization : protection through vaccination -- Containing communicable diseases : personal control measures -- Health communication -- Public health and the environment.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS R 724 .B435 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA017002 Available AUA017002

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : a framework for public health ethics -- Moral considerations : bases and limits for public health -- The political and legal context of public health ethics -- Public health perspectives -- Surveillance and public health data : the foundation and eyes of public health -- Case finding : screening, testing, and tracing -- Immunization : protection through vaccination -- Containing communicable diseases : personal control measures -- Health communication -- Public health and the environment.