Overview
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Public Health is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising over forty chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook covers the following central topics: What is global health?; methodology in public health science; social determinants and health equity; politics and economics; health policy and law; globalization; macroeconomics; securitization; and specific public health challenges such as obesity, cancer, alcohol, tobacco and infectious diseases. Essential reading for students and researchers in political philosophy, bioethics, public health ethics and the philosophy of medicine the handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such public health professionals and epidemiologists.
- | Author: Sridhar Venkatapuram, Alex Broadbent
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Oct 07, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 430 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1138938823
- | ISBN-13: 9781138938823
