Public health ethics and practice

Abstract

Introduction: Why public health ethics? ~ Stephen Peckham and Alison Hann Part one: Public health ethics: contexts: Why ethics? What kind of ethics for public health? ~ Alan Cribb Public health ethics: what it is and how to do it ~ Stephen Holland Part two: Ethics and public health practice: What does it mean to 'know' a disease? The tragedy of XDR-TB ~ Ross Upshur The evaluation of public health initiatives on smoking and lung cancer: an ethical critique ~ Peter Allmark, Angela Tod and Jo Abbott Relevance of primary care bioethics committees In public health ethical practice in the community: an experience in an area of extreme poverty in Santiago, Chile ~ Marla Solari and Tatiana Escobar-Koch Unlinked anonymous blood testing for public health purposes: an ethical dilemma? ~ Jessica Datta and Anthony Kessell Constructing the obesity epidemic: loose science, money and public health ~ Alison Hann and Stephen Peckham Politics, ethics and evidence: immunisation and public health policy ~ Alison Hann and Stephen Peckham Avoiding mixed messages: HPV vaccines and the 'cure' for cervical cancer ~ Alison Hann and Stephen Peckham A call for clearer vaccine exemption typology to improve population health ~ Erica Sutton and Ross Upshur Part three: Public health ethics: developing a basis for practice: Theory and practice in public health ethics: a complex relationship ~ Angus Dawson Conclusion: taking forward the debate ~ Stephen Peckham and Alison Hann.