International Public Health Policy and Ethics

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced—especially in the international arena. What is the basis that justifies public health

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Michael Boylan Editor

International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 42

International Public Health

International Public Health Policy and Ethics

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International Public Health Policy and Ethics

INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF ETHICS, LAW, AND THE NEW MEDICINE Founding Editors DAVID C. THOMASMA† DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada THOMASINE KIMBROUGH KUSHNER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Editor DAVID N. WEISSTUB, Université de Montréal, Canada

Editorial Board TERRY CARNEY, University of Sydney, Australia MARCUS DÜWELL, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands SØREN HOLM, University of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom GERRIT K. KIMSMA, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands DAVID NOVAK, University of Toronto, Canada EDMUND D. PELLEGRINO, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. DOM RENZO PEGORARO, Fondazione Lanza and University of Padua, Italy DANIEL P. SULMASY, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, U.S.A. LAWRENCE TANCREDI, New York University, New York, U.S.A.

VOLUME 42 For other titles published in this series, go to www.springer.com/series/6224

Michael Boylan Editor

International Public Health Policy and Ethics

Editor Michael Boylan Marymount University Arlington USA

ISBN 978-1-4020-8616-8

e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8617-5

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Contents

Introduction: International Public Health: Morality, Politics, Poverty, War, Disease ..................................................................................... Michael Boylan Part I

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Morality and Politics

Personal or Public Health?............................................................................ Muireann Quigley and John Harris Exploring the Philosophical Foundations of the Human Rights Approach to International Public Health Ethics ...................................................................................... Kristen Hessler

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Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research ........................................ Deryck Beyleveld and Shaun D. Pattinson

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Torture and Public Health............................................................................. Wanda Teays

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Exporting the “Culture of Life” ................................................................... Laura Purdy

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Part II

Money and Poverty

International Health Inequalities and Global Justice................................. Norman Daniels

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Poverty, Human Rights, and Just Distribution ........................................... John-St