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Alec Dawson

University College, Cork
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  • University College, Cork
    Masters student
Cork, Ireland
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    Population screening
    with Ainsley J. Newson
    Public Health Ethics. Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice. forthcoming.
    This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the ethical issues associated with population screening from the perspective of public health. Key principles and frameworks for ethical analysis are explained and discussed, including assessment of individual and collective interests in public health. Ethical dimensions of population screening are examined with close attention to complex overlapping ethical tensions. Section one briefly describes what is meant by ‘screening’ and reviews criteria…Read more
    This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the ethical issues associated with population screening from the perspective of public health. Key principles and frameworks for ethical analysis are explained and discussed, including assessment of individual and collective interests in public health. Ethical dimensions of population screening are examined with close attention to complex overlapping ethical tensions. Section one briefly describes what is meant by ‘screening’ and reviews criteria for introducing screening programmes, section two presents examples of programmes and section three presents and critiques ethical issues arising from screening.
    Genetic TestingPublic HealthApplied Ethics, Miscellaneous
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    Public health research ethics: is non-exploitation the new principle for population-based research ethics?
    with J. McMillan
    Public Health Ethics: Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice 174--190. forthcoming.
    EthicsPhilosophy of Education
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    Environment, ethics and public health: the climate change dilemma
    with A. Kessel and C. Stephens
    Public Health Ethics: Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice 154--173. forthcoming.
    Topics in Environmental EthicsClimate Change
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    Smoking, health and ethics
    with Richard Ashcroft
    Public Health Ethics: Key Concepts and Issues in Policy and Practice 85--99. forthcoming.
    Applied Ethics, Miscellaneous
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