Ethics and public health


Autoria(s): Gould, Trish
Contribuinte(s)

Fleming, Mary-Lou

Parker, Elizabeth

Data(s)

2009

Resumo

Note: see later edition of this work at http://eprints.qut.edu.au/47632/ This chapter introduces you to the basic ethical principles that underpin public health practice. The themes to be considered in this chapter include: the characteristics of ‘ethics’, the justification for reflecting on ethics and values, the foundations of public health ethics, whether and how we can incorporate ethics and values into our practice and the nature of some of the potential ethical complications of public health practice.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/32928/

Publicador

Elsevier Australia

Relação

Gould, Trish (2009) Ethics and public health. In Fleming, Mary-Lou & Parker, Elizabeth (Eds.) Introduction to Public Health. Elsevier Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 143-164.

Direitos

Copyright 2009 Elsevier

Fonte

Faculty of Health; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified #220199 Applied Ethics not elsewhere classified #Public Health #Ethics #Advocacy #Human Rights #Bioethics
Tipo

Book Chapter