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36Public Health Ethics: Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2011.Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction Angus Dawson; Part I. Concepts: 1. Resetting the parameters: public health as the foundation for public health ethics Angus Dawson; 2. Health, disease and the goal of public health Bengt Brülde; 3. Selective reproduction, eugenics and public health Stephen Wilkinson; 4. Risk and precaution Stephen John; Part II. Issues: 5. Smoking, health and ethics Richard Ashcroft; 6. Infectious disease control Marcel Verweij; 7. Population screening Ainsl…Read more
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1Introduction: Ethics, Prevention, and Public HealthIn Angus Dawson & Marcel Verweij (eds.), Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health, Clarendon Press. 2007.
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74Nudges in Public Health: Paternalism Is ParamountAmerican Journal of Bioethics 12 (2): 16-17. 2012.The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 16-17, February 2012
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23Ethical ComputingIdealistic Studies 23 (2-3): 151-159. 1993.As many moral problems have a very complex nature, moral reasoning towards a justified decision in such cases may be as difficult. Many considerations have to be taken into account in order to reach a judgement based on good reasons. May the computer, as a tool in data processing, be of use for ethical decision-making? In this paper I will argue that we should be very careful in developing and using ethical expert-systems. Next, I will explain how the computer may be a useful ‘tool’ for instruct…Read more
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7Ethical ComputingIdealistic Studies 23 (2-3): 151-159. 1993.As many moral problems have a very complex nature, moral reasoning towards a justified decision in such cases may be as difficult. Many considerations have to be taken into account in order to reach a judgement based on good reasons. May the computer, as a tool in data processing, be of use for ethical decision-making? In this paper I will argue that we should be very careful in developing and using ethical expert-systems. Next, I will explain how the computer may be a useful ‘tool’ for instruct…Read more
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15VIII. European bioethics seminar: Health care issues in pluralistic societiesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 1 (2): 205-205. 1998.
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15Preventing Transmission of HIV--A Special SymposiumPublic Health Ethics 3 (3): 191-192. 2010.(No abstract is available for this citation)
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42Medicalization as a moral problem for preventive medicineBioethics 13 (2). 1999.Preventive medicine is sometimes criticised as it contributes to medicalization of normal life. The concept ‘medicalization’ has been introduced by Zola to refer to processes in which the labels ‘healthy’ and ‘ill’ are made relevant for more and more aspects of human life. If preventive medicine contributes to medicalization, would that be morally problematic? My thesis is that such a contribution is indeed morally problematic. The concept is sometimes used to express moral intuitions regarding …Read more
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Tobacco Discouragement: A Non-paternalistic ApproachIn Angus Dawson & Marcel Verweij (eds.), Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health, Clarendon Press. 2007.
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27Maintaining Trust in Newborn ScreeningHastings Center Report 42 (5): 41-47. 2012.Newborn screening consists of taking a few drops of blood from a baby's heel in the first week of life and testing it for a list of disorders. In the United States and most countries in Europe, newborn screening programs began in the 1960s and 1970s with screening for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare metabolic disease that causes severe and irreversible mental retardation unless treated before problems arise. As knowledge about rare diseases expanded and new screening technologies were introduced—s…Read more
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186Solidarity: a Moral Concept in Need of Clarification (editorial)Public Health Ethics 5 (1): 1--5. 2012.
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67Obligatory precautions against infectionBioethics 19 (4). 2005.ABSTRACT If we have a duty not to infect others, how far does it go? This question is often discussed with respect to HIV transmission, but reflection on other diseases like influenza raises a number of interesting theoretical issues. I argue that a duty to avoid infection not only yields requirements for persons who know they carry a disease, but also for persons who know they are at increased risk, and even for those who definitely know they are completely healthy. Given the numerous ways in w…Read more
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47Health inequities in times of a pandemicPublic Health Ethics 2 (3): 207-209. 2009.(No abstract is available for this citation)
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35Ethics in Public Health: Bloomberg's Battle and BeyondPublic Health Ethics 6 (3): 231-232. 2013.
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10Futility without a dichotomy: Towards an ideal physician–patient relationshipBioethics 17 (1). 2003.The futility debate may be considered as an effort to provide a clear and justified borderline between physician and patient decision–making authority. In this paper we argue that the search for a definition of futility that provides physicians with a final argument in discussions about life–prolonging treatment, is misplaced. An acceptable and meaningful criterion of futility that satisfies this effort seems impossible. As a consequence, we reject a dichotomous domain of decision–making power a…Read more
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52BACKGROUND: The availability of costly safety measures against transfusion-transmissible infections forces Western countries to confront difficult ethical questions. How to decide about implementing such measures? When are such decisions justified? As a preliminary to addressing these questions, we assessed which concerns shape actual donor blood safety policymaking in five Western countries. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Our qualitative study involved determining which issues had been discussed in …Read more
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65Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2009.In these twelve papers notable ethicists use the resources of ethical theory to illuminate important theoretical and practical topics, including the nature of public health, notions of community, population bioethics, the legitimate role of law, the use of cost-effectiveness as a methodology, vaccinations, and the nature of infectious disease.
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71Moral assessment of growth hormone therapy for children with idiopathic short statureJournal of Medical Ethics 23 (5): 305-309. 1997.The prescription of growth hormone therapy for children who are not growth hormone deficient is one of the controversies in contemporary paediatric endocrinology. Is it morally appropriate to enhance the growth, by means of medical treatment, of a child wish idiopathic short stature? The medical, moral, and philosophical questions in this area are many. Data on the effects of human growth hormone (hGH) treatment will not on their own provide us with answers, as these effects have to be evaluated…Read more
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17The Meaning of 'Public' in 'Public Health'In Angus Dawson & Marcel Verweij (eds.), Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health, Clarendon Press. 2007.
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25Professional Solidarity: The Case of Influenza ImmunizationAmerican Journal of Bioethics 13 (9): 51-52. 2013.No abstract
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30Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Offence, Harm and the Good LifePublic Health Ethics 3 (2): 89-90. 2010.
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79Public Health and Legitimacy: Or Why There is Still a Place for Substantive Work in EthicsPublic Health Ethics 7 (2): 95-97. 2014.
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