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Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context Leonard W. Ortmann, Drue H. Barrett, Carla Saenz, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Angus Dawson, Jo A. Valentine, and Andreas Reis
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Introduction
Introducing public health ethics poses two special challenges. First, it is a relatively new field that combines public health and practical ethics. Its unfamiliarity requires considerable explanation, yet its scope and emergent qualities make delineation difficult. Moreover, while the early development of public health ethics occurred in a Western context, its reach, like public health itself, has become global. A second challenge, then, is to articulate an approach specific enough to provide clear The opinions, findings, and conclusions of the authors do not necessarily reflect the official position, views, or policies of the editors, the editors’ host institutions, or the authors’ host institutions. L.W. Ortmann, PhD (*) • D.H. Barrett, PhD Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA e-mail: lortmann@cdc.gov C. Saenz, PhD Regional Program on Bioethics, Office of Knowledge Management, Bioethics, and Research, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA R.G. Bernheim, JD, MPH Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA A. Dawson, PhD Center for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia J.A. Valentine, MSW Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Reis, MD, MSc Global Health Ethics, Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland © The Author(s) 2016 D.H. Barrett et al. (eds.), Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe, Public Health Ethics Analysis 3, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23847-0_1
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