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This Element offers a broad perspective on responsibility for health. This includes responsibilities in the prevention of disease and accidents, and in the creation of healthcare for all. The professional responsibilities of physicians and nurses are explored, and so are the responsibilities that we all have for our own health. Many of the central problems in healthcare ethics are discussed from a responsibility perspective, for instance paternalism, informed consent, evidence-based medicine, alternative medicine, and the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. In order to perform this analysis, conceptual tools for responsibility analysis are provided, such as the distinction between blame responsibility and task responsibility and various notions of causality that are relevant for our understanding of responsibility.

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1. Introduction; 2. What is Responsibility?; 3. What Determines Our Health?; 4. The Ethics of Public Health; 5. Health Care for All; 6. Responsibility in Health Care; 7. Responsibility for One's Own Health; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781009247276, 978-1009247276
      ISBN10: 1009247271
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element offers a broad perspective on responsibility for health. This includes responsibilities in the prevention of disease and accidents, and in the creation of healthcare for all. The professional responsibilities of physicians and nurses are explored, and so are the responsibilities that we all have for our own health. Many of the central problems in healthcare ethics are discussed from a responsibility perspective, for instance paternalism, informed consent, evidence-based medicine, alternative medicine, and the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. In order to perform this analysis, conceptual tools for responsibility analysis are provided, such as the distinction between blame responsibility and task responsibility and various notions of causality that are relevant for our understanding of responsibility.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. What is Responsibility?; 3. What Determines Our Health?; 4. The Ethics of Public Health; 5. Health Care for All; 6. Responsibility in Health Care; 7. Responsibility for One's Own Health; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References.

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