Ethics in public health and health policy : concepts, methods, case studies / Daniel Strech, Irene Hirschberg, Georg Marckmann, editors.
Ethical issues associated with public health and health policy--related, for example, to pandemic plans and vaccination policies (c.f. SARS or pandemic influenza), preventive measures like screening (e.g. for breast cancer or dementia) or health information campaigns, social inequalities or health c...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
[2013]
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| Series: | Public health ethics analysis ;
v. 1. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | Ethical issues associated with public health and health policy--related, for example, to pandemic plans and vaccination policies (c.f. SARS or pandemic influenza), preventive measures like screening (e.g. for breast cancer or dementia) or health information campaigns, social inequalities or health care rationing--are increasing in worldwide importance. Evidence-based information for valid benefit-harm assessment is often rare and hard to get for participants in public health interventions. Program implementation often disregards requirements of fair decision-making processes (like public part. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9400763743 9789400763746 |
| ISSN: | 2211-6680 ; |