E-Book, Englisch, 56 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
ISBN: 978-3-319-51347-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
· Details the epidemiologic evidence regarding social determinants of health.
· Key ethical implications of the evidence regarding social determinants of health.
· Considers the role of risky health behaviors in determining population health outcomes.
· Addresses ethical questions of priority-setting at the policy and practice levels.
· Translates social determinants of health into health policy goals.
Half textbook, half monograph,
Public Health Ethics and the Social Determinants of Health
Is geared toward students in MPH programs as well as public health professionals in diverse contexts such as local health departments and non-profit organizations. It informs public health scientists and scholars, and can also serve as an introductory text for students in public health ethics, or as part of a general applied ethics course.
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Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction.- The Epidemiologic Evidence Regarding the Social Determinants of Health.- Justice, Compound Disadvantage, and Health Inequities.- Ethics, Responsibility, and Social Patterning of Risky Health Behaviors.- The Unbearable Oughtness of Public Health Policy.- The Social Determinants of Health and Public Health Practice.- Conclusion.