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Public Health Ethics: From Foundations and Frameworks to Justice and Global Public Health

Kass, Nancy E.·2004·Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2004.tb00470.x
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Public health ethics in the future will be distinguished from public health ethics in the past by this new subfield being labeled as such, acknowledged, and called upon for service. Ethical dilemmas have been present throughout the history of public health. The question of whether to force Henning Jacobson to be immunized in 1905 in accordance with the 1902 Massachusetts smallpox vaccination law was one of ethics as well as law. How Thomas Parran, Surgeon General in 1936, chose to respond to a raging syphilis epidemic in the United States in the early part of the 2W century raised considerable moral debate in determining the appropriate public health response for a government? More recently, questions have arisen concerning the appropriate reach of government in controlling HIV banning smoking, or promoting healthy lifestyles. Debates over government infringement, morality, and justice recur throughout the history of public health.

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Authors
Kass, N. E.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Kass, Nancy E.
ORCID
Kass, Nancy E.
Venue
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2004
Volume
32
Issue
2
Pages
232-242
ISSN
  • 1073-1105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1748-720X
DOI
10.1111/j.1748-720x.2004.tb00470.x
OpenAlex
W2088392905
Cited by
152
References
1
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FWCI
11.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 6210 d)
Locations
  • The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Public Health Policies and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Keywords
public health ethics, history of public health, syphilis epidemic, HIV/AIDS, smoking bans, state intervention, justice, global public health, ethics and law
MeSH terms
Bioethics, Health Promotion, Humans, Public Health, Social Justice, Global Health, Bioethical Issues, Resource Allocation

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