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The philosophy of public health / edited by Angus Dawson

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TextPublication details: Farnham: Ashgate, 2009Description: 194 pISBN: 9780754660439DDC classification: 362.101

Contents:

1. Introduction : the philosophy of public health / Angus Dawson -- 2. The role of law in public health / Robyn Martin -- 3. Luck, risk and prevention / Katherine King -- 4. The duty to promote social capital / Patricia Illingworth -- 5. On the evaluative space for measuring public health performance / Onyebuchi A. Arah -- 6. Global concerns and local arguments : how a localized bioethics may perpetuate injustice / S©ıren Holm -- 7. Health in developing countries and our global responsibilities / Gillian Brock -- 8. Shared responsibility agreements : causes of contention / Paula Boddington -- 9. Anti-paternalism and public health policy : the case of product safety legislation / Kalle Grill -- 10. Newborn screening and choosing whether to know / Niels Nijsingh -- 11. Choosing to sleep / Benjamin Hale and Lauren Hale -- 12. Categories of constraint and avenues of freedom : proposing collective agency for addressing problems of obesity / Catherine A. Womack -- 13. Equipoise in public health research / Marcel Verweij -- 14. Closing the book on infectious disease : the mischievous consequences for bioethics and for public health / Leslie P. Francis ... [et al.] -- 15. The common good argument and HIV prevention / Charlotte Paul -- 16. Contagious disease and rights / T.M. Wilkinson.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	362.101 DAW/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15270

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1. Introduction : the philosophy of public health / Angus Dawson --
2. The role of law in public health / Robyn Martin --
3. Luck, risk and prevention / Katherine King --
4. The duty to promote social capital / Patricia Illingworth --
5. On the evaluative space for measuring public health performance / Onyebuchi A. Arah --
6. Global concerns and local arguments : how a localized bioethics may perpetuate injustice / S©ıren Holm --
7. Health in developing countries and our global responsibilities / Gillian Brock --
8. Shared responsibility agreements : causes of contention / Paula Boddington --
9. Anti-paternalism and public health policy : the case of product safety legislation / Kalle Grill --
10. Newborn screening and choosing whether to know / Niels Nijsingh --
11. Choosing to sleep / Benjamin Hale and Lauren Hale --
12. Categories of constraint and avenues of freedom : proposing collective agency for addressing problems of obesity / Catherine A. Womack --
13. Equipoise in public health research / Marcel Verweij --
14. Closing the book on infectious disease : the mischievous consequences for bioethics and for public health / Leslie P. Francis ... [et al.] --
15. The common good argument and HIV prevention / Charlotte Paul --
16. Contagious disease and rights / T.M. Wilkinson.

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