ABSTRACT
With a number of public health panics emerging in the past few years, most recently the panic over 'swine flu' in 2009, the publication of this two volume collection is extremely timely. These two volumes cover the complete range of issues relating to the ethics of public health. Topics include the relationship with bioethics, questions of governance, public health and human rights, surveillance and privacy, prevention and its limits, confinement and liberty, as well as detailed case studies of previous and continuing crises relating to HIV and AIDS, SARS, bioterrorism, climate change, avian flu and tobacco control. There are sections also on genetic health, public health and equity, and public health and the developing world. The two volumes include nearly 75 articles by leading thinkers, and are accompanied by Michael Freeman's detailed introduction and full bibliography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|33 pages
The SARS Crisis
part II|21 pages
HIV and AIDS
part III|124 pages
Bioterrorism
part IV|22 pages
Avian Flu
part V|18 pages
Climate Change
chapter 14|16 pages
Health Regulation and Governance
part VI|79 pages
Tobacco Control
part VII|68 pages
Vaccination
part VIII|69 pages
Public Health and Genetic Health
part IX|56 pages
Public Health and Equity
chapter 30|18 pages
Health by association? Social capital, social theory, and the political economy of public health
part X|74 pages
Public Health and The Developing World