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Public Health Ethics 2008 1(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/phe/phn009
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The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press. Available online at www.mmp.oxfordjournals.org

Public Health Ethics: A Manifesto

Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij

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In founding the journal Public Health Ethics (PHE) we have three ambitious aims. First, to define and explore the relatively new field of public health ethics. Second, to encourage interdisciplinary reflection upon, and discussion of, moral issues in the theory and practice of public health. Third, to make a contribution to the reorientation of bioethics.

The first aim, defining and exploring public health ethics, is concerned with outlining and discussing a distinctive area of applied ethics: one focused on public health. What do we mean by ‘public health’? There is a large literature on this topic, and the concept is a contested . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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