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"Emergency Ethics brings together leading scholars in the fields of public health ethics and bioethics to discuss disaster or emergency ethics and ethical aspects of preparedness and response with specific application to public health policy and practice. The book fills a gap in the existing public health ethics literature by providing a comprehensive ethical conception of emergency preparedness as a distinctive form of civic ""practice"" brought about by the interrelationships and coordination of many groups, disciplines, and interests and drawing on numerous bodies of knowledge and expertise. It addresses particular aspects of preparedness and response plans, particular decisions that planners and communities have to make, decisions that require balancing many diverse and sometimes conflicting values and identifying and applying a framework of basic ethical principles for preparedness planning, emergency response, and post-disaster recovery. It also explores the relationship between emergency preparedness to other facets of public health practice. The book begins with a broad and synthetic overview of emergency ethics that addresses the central components and ethically significant issues arising in public health preparedness planning, disaster response, and recovery. Following that overview are five chapters that in a philosophically innovative and detailed way delve deeply into important and problematic issues in emergency planning and response, including the allocation of scarce resources, conducting ethical research in the context of public health emergencies, the obligations of public health professionals, communication and engagement with the public, and special moral obligations surrounding vulnerable populations."

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Author:   Bruce Jennings (, Center for Humans and Nature, Vanderbilt University) ,  John D. Arras (, University of Virginia) ,  Drue H. Barrett (, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ,  Barbara A. Ellis (, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780190270742

ISBN 10:   0190270748
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   14 April 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction Barbara A. Ellis, Drue H. Barrett, John Arras, and Bruce Jennings Chapter 1 Ethical Aspects of Emergency Preparedness and Response Bruce Jennings and John Arras Chapter 2 Justice, Resource Allocation, and Emergency Preparedness: Issues Regarding Stockpiling Norman Daniels Chapter 3 Vulnerable Populations in the Context of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planning and Response Madison Powers Chapter 4 Public Engagement in Emergency Preparedness and Response: Ethical Perspectives in Public Health Practice Ruth Gaare Bernheim Chapter 5 Professional, Civic, and Personal Obligations in Public Health Emergency Planning and Response Angus Dawson Chapter 6 Research in a Public Health Crisis Alex John London Index

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Bruce Jennings is Director of Bioethics at the Center for Humans and Nature. John D. Arras (1945-2015) Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia. Drue H. Barrett is Lead of the Public Health Ethics Unit in the Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barbara A. Ellis is Deputy Director of the Office of Science Quality, Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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