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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2012
    19 January 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139061032
    9781107016392
    9781107602410
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139061032
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.61kg, 310 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.49kg, 310 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Law: General Interest, Medicine: General Interest, Medico-Legal, Bioethics and Health Law, Law, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Bioethics and Law (15)
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    Subjects:
    Law: General Interest, Medicine: General Interest, Medico-Legal, Bioethics and Health Law, Law, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Bioethics and Law (15)
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    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. 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, public health law and ethics, and bioethics, this is a foundational text for scholars, practitioners and policy bodies interested in freedoms, rights and responsibilities relating to health.

    Awards

    Highly Commended, Health and Social Care Category, British Medical Association Book Awards 2013

    Reviews

    'Students, researchers and policymakers interested in public health ethics should engage with this insightful and stimulating, if very demanding, thesis. It forces the reader to think about ‘the bigger picture’ and challenges taken for granted assumptions about the nature and parameters of public health.'

    H. Fairbrother Source: Public Health

    '… Coggon’s achievement is substantial. What Makes Health Public? provides a carefully argued examination of the normative bases for public health policies.'

    Wendy E. Parmet Source: Medical Law Review

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