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Ethics and epidemics /

Other Authors: Balint, John.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.
Series:Advances in bioethics, v. 9
Subjects:
Epidemiology > Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics
Communicable diseases > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
Disease Outbreaks.
Epidemiology.
Communicable Disease Control.
Communicable Diseases.
Ethics, Medical.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=173546
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Ethics and Epidemics
  • Section I: Human Rights, Public Safety and Public Policy
  • Chapter 1. The Statue of Security: Human Rights and Post-9/11 Epidemics
  • The Health and Human Rights Framework
  • Bioterrorism
  • Bioterrorism and Epidemics
  • Human Rights and the SARS Epidemic
  • Florida's Public Health Emergency Statute
  • Terrorism and Torture
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Quarantine and Civil Liberties
  • Quarantine in a Free Society
  • Approaches to Improving Quarantine
  • Recommendations for a more Comprehensive Approach to Disease Control in Emergencies
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 3. The 2003 SARS Outbreak in Canada: Legal and Ethical Lessons about the use of Quarantine
  • Introduction
  • SARS in Canada: A Brief Chronology
  • A Brief History of Quarantine
  • Legislative Authority for Quarantine in Canada
  • Legal Challenges to Quarantine Orders
  • Ethical Principles in Public Health Action
  • The Impact of Quarantine
  • Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Looking to the Future
  • Note
  • References
  • Chapter 4. Can Mandatory Vaccination of Health Care Professionals during an Influenza Pandemic ever be Justified?
  • Introduction
  • Arguments in Favor of Mandatory Vaccination
  • Arguments against Mandatory Vaccination
  • Additional Observations
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Section II: Practitioner Responsibilities During Times of Epidemics
  • Chapter 5. Medical Ethics and Epidemics: A Historical Perspective
  • Challenges in Constructing a History of Medical Ethics and Epidemics
  • Points of Consensus on the History of Practitioner Ethics during Epidemics
  • Traditionalism: The Fourteenth Century Origin of the Ethics of Epidemics
  • The Nihilist Interpretation of the History of Medical Ethics and Epidemics
  • Anglo-American Practitioner Ethics and Epidemics 1660-1714
  • A Defeasible Duty to Tend to the Epidemic-Stricken: 1715-1846
  • An Indefeasible Duty of Attendance During Epidemics: The AMA's Ethics 1847-1976
  • American Medical Ethics and Epidemics from 1977 to Today
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 6. Physician Professionalism and Preparing for Epidemics: Challenges and Opportunities
  • The Modern Face of Epidemics: Novel Infectious Agents and Bioterrorism
  • The Medical Profession's Role in Preparing for Bioterrorism and other Epidemics
  • Detection
  • Containment
  • Treatment
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 7. Doctors, Duties, and Dangers: The Reasonable Physician and Contagious Populations
  • Introduction
  • Background to the Question
  • The Reasonable Person and the Reasonable Physician
  • Realizing our Roles
  • A Duty to Assist: Realizing the Risks
  • Conceptualizing Reasonable Risk
  • Duties to Self and Restricting Obligations to Personal Risk
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Chapter 8. Ethically Justified Limits on the Obligations of Physicians and Health Care Organizations in Response to Epidemic.

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