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Product Description An anthology on the ethical aspects of public health with ample introductory material and commentary by the editors. Some topics, such as policy for alcohol and other drugs, newly emergent epidemics, and violence prevention, are missing in traditional bioethics texts. Others, such as access tohealth care, manages care, reproductive technologies and genetic testing, are approached from the distinct viewpoint of public health. This book will be used as a text in public health programs and in bioethics courses that emphasize the community perspective of health. Review "Timely in its publication, this text is well suited for undergraduate cirricula in American colleges and universities. The urgent needs of public policy attention to public health are clearly and pervasively drawn." --Dan C. English, M.D., M.A., Professor of Philosophy, University ofMaryland, Baltimore County"Timely topics such as tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, as well as the US policies on violence, AIDS, and emerging diseases such as hantavirus are discussed and are viewed from and ethical and public health perspective. This book would be a great adjunct to many courses related to community andpublic health at colleges and universities. Highly recommended." --Choice"This book would be a great adjunct to many courses related to community and public health at colleges and universities. It could also be used to spark vigorous debate among healthcare providers, especially those involved in public/community health."Ioody'sR"This is an integrated collection of essays and previously published papers that explores the connecting links between advancing public health sciences, changing values, and new ethical concepts that became prominent towards the end of the 20th Century. This is a useful anthology of aspects ofthe interfaces among ethics, politics, public health sciences and public health practice." -- John Last, International Journal of Epidemiology"...this book could benefit students of bioethics at all levels."--Religious Studies Review About the Author Bonnie Steinbock, Professor, Department of Philosophy, both at University of Albany, State University of New York.