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- Public health is fundamentally concerned with promoting the health of populations through the prevention of disease and injury. It is, at its core, a moral endeavor, because the end it seeks is the advancement of human well-being.
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Key points. Public health ethics brings considerations, such as principles and values, to the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Public health ethics uses a systematic approach to clarify, prioritize, and justify possible courses of public health action. Access training materials to learn more about public health ethics.
Mar 2, 2015 · Public health has long struggled to demarcate its boundaries, and one of the central lines of inquiry in public health ethics seeks to address complex questions of authority, legitimacy, and justification for diverse public health activities.
Jan 8, 2019 · Abstract. Public health is fundamentally concerned with promoting the health of populations through the prevention of disease and injury. It is, at its core, a moral endeavor, because the end it seeks is the advancement of human well-being.
Apr 13, 2016 · Everyone recognizes the value of health, but public health approaches health in relation to science and the community in its endeavor to prevent disease and injury, protect the public from harm, and promote health and well-being.
- Leonard W. Ortmann, Drue H. Barrett, Carla Saenz, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Angus Dawson, Jo A. Valentine...
- 10.1007/978-3-319-23847-0_1
- 2016
- 2016/04/13
Jan 8, 2019 · Abstract. Public health is fundamentally concerned with promoting the health of populations through the prevention of disease and injury. It is, at its core, a moral endeavor, because the end it seeks is the advancement of human well-being.
May 8, 2020 · It is, at its core, a moral endeavor, because the end it seeks is the advancement of human well-being. Vexing ethics issues are inherent in all aspects of public health practice and policy.
May 29, 2015 · The development of an agreed-upon set of foundational ethical values for the field of public health is ongoing. In this paper we outline key elements of recent convergence on some basic moral precepts that drive public health.