Stephen Peckham

Public health ethics and practice

Herausgeber: Peckham, Stephen; Hann, Alison

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, the frequency and diversity of public health ethical dilemmas in the areas of health care and policy making have grown considerably. Health professionals must now consider the ethical implications of an increasing array of treatments, interventions, and health promotion activities. This goes hand in hand with increasing medical knowledge, and the growth of new and innovative medical technologies and pharmaceuticals. In addition, the same technology and knowledge is increasing professional and public awareness of new potential health threats (e.g. bird flu). This book plays a key role the discussion of public health ethics. It examines the principles and values that support an ethical approach to public health practice. It provides examples of some of the complex areas which those practicing, analyzing, and planning the health of populations have to navigate. Public Health Ethics and Practice is essential reading for current practitioners, those involved in public healt

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9781847421036
• ISBN-10: 1847421032
• Artikelnr.: 25915051

Autorenporträt

Stephen Peckham is a Reader in Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and was previously at Oxford Brookes University. He has been involved in health and social policy research and teaching since 1991 and previously worked in the voluntary and local government sectors. He has written widely on public health and primary care and is currently involved in research on public health in general practice and patient choice. Alison Hann is a Lecturer in Public Health and Health Policy at the University of Wales Swansea. She has published three books and many book chapters on public health, ethics and politics, and articles in journals including Critical Social Policy, Critical Public Health, International Journal of Health Planning and Management and Public Health. Alison is also Convenor of the Health Policy and Politics Network.