Public health ethics: tradition, profession, and values

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Autore principale: Lawrence O. Gostin
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contents Public health ethics: tradition, profession, and values Lawrence O. Gostin Filosofía ethics human rights public health public health law This article asks the difficult questions- what is public health? and what is public health ethics? The article also recognizes that even though public health and biomedical ethics overlap, they have distinct aspects. The article examines the unique population-based perspective of public health and how it can be distinguished from patientcentered biomedical ethics. Additionally, public health scholars and practitioners often use ethical analyses with other forms of reasoning, particularly law and human rights. The article, therefore, explores the relationship among public health ethics, public health law and human rights. The various meanings of each form of reasoning are discussed, as well as the similarities and differences among them. The article concludes with a proposal for reconciling the inherent tradeoffs between public health and civil liberties. Prior to exercising compulsory powers, public health officials should examine the risk to the public; the likelihood that the intervention will be effective; the opportunity costs; the burdens on human rights and the policy`s fairness. 2003 artículo científico 0717-5906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=55490204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=554 Acta Bioethica application/pdf Universidad de Chile Acta Bioethica (Chile) Num.2 Vol.IX
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spellingShingle Public health ethics: tradition, profession, and values
Lawrence O. Gostin
Filosofía
ethics
human rights
public health
public health law
Public health ethics: tradition, profession, and values Lawrence O. Gostin Filosofía ethics human rights public health public health law This article asks the difficult questions- what is public health? and what is public health ethics? The article also recognizes that even though public health and biomedical ethics overlap, they have distinct aspects. The article examines the unique population-based perspective of public health and how it can be distinguished from patientcentered biomedical ethics. Additionally, public health scholars and practitioners often use ethical analyses with other forms of reasoning, particularly law and human rights. The article, therefore, explores the relationship among public health ethics, public health law and human rights. The various meanings of each form of reasoning are discussed, as well as the similarities and differences among them. The article concludes with a proposal for reconciling the inherent tradeoffs between public health and civil liberties. Prior to exercising compulsory powers, public health officials should examine the risk to the public; the likelihood that the intervention will be effective; the opportunity costs; the burdens on human rights and the policy`s fairness. 2003 artículo científico 0717-5906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=55490204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=554 Acta Bioethica application/pdf Universidad de Chile Acta Bioethica (Chile) Num.2 Vol.IX
title Public health ethics: tradition, profession, and values
topic Filosofía
ethics
human rights
public health
public health law
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=55490204