What Makes Health Public?

Author: John Coggon
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1107602416
Category: Medical

What Makes Health Public?: A Critical Evaluation of Moral, Legal, and Political Claims in Public Health (Cambridge Bioethics and Law)

John Coggon argues that the important question for analysts in the fields of public health law and ethics is 'what makes health public?' He offers a conceptual and analytic scrutiny of the salient issues raised by this question, outlines the concepts entailed in, or denoted by, the term 'public health' and argues why and how normative analyses in public health are inquiries in political theory. Download What Makes Health Public? medical books for free.
The arguments expose and explain the political claims inherent in key works in public health ethics. Coggon then develops and defends a particular understanding of political liberalism, describing its implications for critical study of public health policies and practices. Covering important works from legal, moral, and political theory, public health, Get What Makes Health Public? our bestseller medical books.

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The arguments expose and explain the political claims inherent in key works in public health ethics Covering important works from legal, moral, and political theory, public health,

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