PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS

Spectacular achievements in the health of individuals have not been matched by equivalent improvement in the health of whole populations. Indeed it is against the background of deterioration in levels of population health in some parts of the world and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious di...

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Autor principal: Benatar,Solomon R
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Publicado: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2003
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spelling oai:scielo:S1726-569X20030002000062005-10-12PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICSBenatar,Solomon R public health medical ethics rights needs duties values solidarity epidemics global health Spectacular achievements in the health of individuals have not been matched by equivalent improvement in the health of whole populations. Indeed it is against the background of deterioration in levels of population health in some parts of the world and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases in association with powerful globalizing forces that there has been a recrudescence of interest in 'Public Health'. Here attention is drawn to the dominant values that have shaped our world, to the differences between broad and narrow definitions of public health, to some values that need to be promoted, and to an ethic of public health that considers both human rights and human needsinfo: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=S1726-569X2003000200006en10.4067/S1726-569X2003000200006
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topic public health
medical ethics
rights
needs
duties
values
solidarity
epidemics
global health
spellingShingle public health
medical ethics
rights
needs
duties
values
solidarity
epidemics
global health
Benatar,Solomon R
PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
description Spectacular achievements in the health of individuals have not been matched by equivalent improvement in the health of whole populations. Indeed it is against the background of deterioration in levels of population health in some parts of the world and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases in association with powerful globalizing forces that there has been a recrudescence of interest in 'Public Health'. Here attention is drawn to the dominant values that have shaped our world, to the differences between broad and narrow definitions of public health, to some values that need to be promoted, and to an ethic of public health that considers both human rights and human needs
author Benatar,Solomon R
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title PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
title_short PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
title_full PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
title_fullStr PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
title_full_unstemmed PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
title_sort public health and public health ethics
publisher Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
publishDate 2003
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