This Open Access book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate,

Natural disasters and cholera outbreaks. Ebola, SARS, and concerns over pandemic flu. HIV and AIDS. E. coli outbreaks from contaminated produce and fast foods.

Public health ethics is a discipline concerned with the health of the public or a population as a whole, rather than focusing on the individual. This book intro

This progressive resource places concepts of social determinants of health in the larger contexts of contemporary health ethics and the evolution of social refo

As it seeks to protect the health of populations, public health inevitably confronts a range of critical ethical challenges. This volume brings together 25 arti