Public health ethics
Childress, J.F.; Gaare Bernheim, R. · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz · 2008 · Heft 2 · S. 158 bis 163
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Zusammenfassung
Viewing public health as a political and social undertaking as well as a goal of this activity, the authors develop some key elements in a framework for public health ethics, with particular attention to the formation of public health policies and to decisions by public health officials that are not fully determined by established public policies. They concentrate on ways to approach ethical conflicts about public health interventions. These conflicts arise because, in addition to the value of public health, societies have a wide range of other values that sometimes constrain the selection of means to achieve pu…
