PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA

PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA

Public health ethics, as distinct from clinical/medical bioethics, is an emerging field of study in academic settings. As part of a larger effort to address what the conceptual and content boundaries of this field are, or ought to be, a group at the University of Toronto hosted an international work...

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Autores principales: Thompson,Alison, Robertson,Ann, Upshur,Ross
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2003
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public health
public health ethics
rights
global health equity
social justice
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spelling oai:scielo:S1726-569X20030002000022005-10-12PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDAThompson,AlisonRobertson,AnnUpshur,Ross public health public health ethics rights global health equity social justice Public health ethics, as distinct from clinical/medical bioethics, is an emerging field of study in academic settings. As part of a larger effort to address what the conceptual and content boundaries of this field are, or ought to be, a group at the University of Toronto hosted an international working symposium to discuss and outline a research agenda for public health ethics. The symposium, which took place in May 2002, was organized into four major areas of ethical concern central to public health: individual rights and the common good; risk and precaution; surveillance and regulation; and social justice and global health equity. This paper will provide an overview of some of the main themes and issues that emerged from the key papers that were developed from the symposium and discuss their importance in the emerging field of public health ethics. Significant issues were identified, such as the importance of distinguishing public health ethics from traditional bioethics; the development of the notion of common interests; broad definitions of public health, that include upstream sources of health inequities, and an understanding of the theoretical landscape from which public health ethics has emergedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.9 n.2 20032003-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2003000200002en10.4067/S1726-569X2003000200002
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public health ethics
rights
global health equity
social justice
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public health ethics
rights
global health equity
social justice
Thompson,Alison
Robertson,Ann
Upshur,Ross
PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
description Public health ethics, as distinct from clinical/medical bioethics, is an emerging field of study in academic settings. As part of a larger effort to address what the conceptual and content boundaries of this field are, or ought to be, a group at the University of Toronto hosted an international working symposium to discuss and outline a research agenda for public health ethics. The symposium, which took place in May 2002, was organized into four major areas of ethical concern central to public health: individual rights and the common good; risk and precaution; surveillance and regulation; and social justice and global health equity. This paper will provide an overview of some of the main themes and issues that emerged from the key papers that were developed from the symposium and discuss their importance in the emerging field of public health ethics. Significant issues were identified, such as the importance of distinguishing public health ethics from traditional bioethics; the development of the notion of common interests; broad definitions of public health, that include upstream sources of health inequities, and an understanding of the theoretical landscape from which public health ethics has emerged
author Thompson,Alison
Robertson,Ann
Upshur,Ross
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title PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
title_short PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
title_full PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
title_fullStr PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS: TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA
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