Public Health Ethics: some useful resources
NSW Public Health Bulletin 23(6) 107-107 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB12061
Published: 28 June 2012
Text books
Bayer R, Gostin LO, Jennings B, Steinbock B, editors. Public Health Ethics: Theory, Policy and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press; 2006.
Boston J, Bradstock A, Eng D. Public Policy. Why ethics matters. Canberra: ANU E Press; 2010. (Particularly chapters 1 & 3) Available at: http://epress.anu.edu.au/ethics_matters_citation.html (Cited 23 January 2012).
Dawson A, Verweij M, editors. Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2007.
Gostin LO, editor. Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader. Berkley, CA: University of California Press; 2002.
Holland S. Public Health Ethics. Cambridge: Polity Press; 2007.
Kerridge I, Lowe M, Stewart C. Ethics and Law for the Health Professions. 3rd ed. Sydney: Federation Press; 2009
Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Public Health: ethical issues. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics; 2007. Available at: http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/public-health (Cited 23 January 2012).
Articles
Bayer R, Fairchild AL. The genesis of public health ethics. Bioethics 2004; 18(6):473-92.
Childress JF, Faden RR, Gaare RD, Gostin LO, Kahn J, Bonnie RJ, et al. Public health ethics: mapping the terrain. J Law Med Ethics 2002; 30: 170-8.
Giacomini M, Kenny N, DeJean D. Ethics frameworks in Canadian health policies: Foundation, scaffolding, or window dressing? Health Policy 2009; 89: 58-71.
Kass NE. An ethics framework for public health. Am J Public Health 2001; 91: 1776-82.
O'Neill O. Public health or clinical ethics: thinking beyond borders. Ethics Int Affairs 2002; 16: 35-45.
Slomka J, Quill B, desVignes-Kendrick M, Lloyd LE. Professionalism and ethics in the public health curriculum. Public Health Rep 2008; 123(Supp 2):27-35.
Thomas JC, Sage M, Dillenberg J, Guillory VJ. A code of ethics for public health. Am J Pub Health 2002; 92(7):1057-9.
Upshur R. Principles for the justification of public health intervention. Can J Pub Health 2002; 93(2): 101-3.
Web sites
National Health and Medical Research Council, Health Ethics, Australia. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-ethics
Nuffield Council on Bioethics. http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/public-health
Public Health Ethics [Specialist journal). http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/
Further resources on specific public health ethics issues
Public health ethics and human rights
Mann JM. Medicine and Public health, ethics and human rights. The Hastings CenterReport 1997; 27: 6-13.
Public health ethics and justice
Anand S, Fabienne P, Sen A, editors. Public health, ethics and equality. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2004.
Daniels N. Just health: meeting health needs fairly. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2008.
Kass NE. Public health ethics from foundations and frameworks to justice and global public health. J Law Med Ethics 2004; 32: 232-42.
Public health ethics and vaccination
Omer SB, Salmon DA, Orenstein WA, M. deHart P, Halsey N. Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 1981-8.
Public health ethics and health promotion
Holm S. Obesity intervention and ethics. Obesity Rev 2007; 8(Suppl 1): 207-10.
Mittelmark MB. Setting an ethical agenda for health promotion. Health Promot Int 2008; 23(1): 78-85.
