{"product_id":"the-routledge-handbook-of-philosophy-of-public-health-9781138938823","title":"The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn comparison to medicine, the professional field of public health is far less familiar. What is public health, and perhaps as importantly, what should public health be or become? How do causal concepts shape the public health agenda? How do study designs either promote or demote the environmental causal factors or health inequalities? How is risk understood, expressed, and communicated? Who is public health research centered on? How can we develop technologies so the benefits are more fairly distributed? Do people have a right to public health? How should we integrate ethics into public health practice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e addresses these questions and more, and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising 26 chapters by an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, the handbook is divided into four clear parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcepts and distinctions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReasons and actions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistribution and inequalities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Philosophy and Public Health \u003ci\u003eAlex Broadbent and Sridhar Venkatapuram \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Concepts and Distinctions \u003c\/b\u003e1. The Public in Public Health \u003ci\u003eJohn Coggon \u003c\/i\u003e2. Medicine and Public Health \u003ci\u003eDaniel Steel \u003c\/i\u003e3. Groups and Individuals \u003ci\u003eStephen John \u003c\/i\u003e4. Concepts of Health and Disease in Public Health \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Smart \u003c\/i\u003e5. Public Health and Ethics \u003ci\u003eSridhar Venkatapuram \u003c\/i\u003e6. The Philosophical Implications of Fundamental Cause Theory \u003ci\u003eDaniel Goldberg \u003c\/i\u003e7. Causal Pluralism and Public Health \u003ci\u003eFederica Russo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Reasons and Actions \u003c\/b\u003e8. External Validity and Public Health \u003ci\u003eChad Harris \u003c\/i\u003e9. Explanation in Public Health \u003ci\u003eOlaf Dammann \u003c\/i\u003e10. Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health \u003ci\u003eMathew Mercuri and Ross E. G. Upshur \u003c\/i\u003e11. Profiling in Public Health \u003ci\u003eWinnie Ma \u003c\/i\u003e12. Big Data and Public Health \u003ci\u003eDerek W. Braverman \u003c\/i\u003e13. Machine Learning and Public Health: Philosophical Issues \u003ci\u003eThomas Grote and Alex Broadbent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Distribution and Inequalities \u003c\/b\u003e14. Capabilities, Human Flourishing, and the Health Gap \u003ci\u003eMichael Marmot \u003c\/i\u003e15. Measuring Social Position in Health Inequality Research \u003ci\u003eMel Bartley \u003c\/i\u003e16. Race and Racism in Public Health \u003ci\u003eM.A. Diamond-Hunter \u003c\/i\u003e17. Sex and Gender Blind Spots and Biases in Health Research \u003ci\u003eAvni Amin, Lavanya Vijayasingham, and Jacqui Stevenson \u003c\/i\u003e18. Global Health Indicators and Data: Communicative Signs and Sites of Contest \u003ci\u003eSara L. M. Davis \u003c\/i\u003e19. Securitization and Health \u003ci\u003eJeremy Youde \u003c\/i\u003e20. Health, Place and Justice: A Philosophical Appraisal of Promoting Equity in Covid-19 through Disadvantage Indices \u003ci\u003eSamantha Fritz, Tuhina Srivastava, Emily Sadecki, and Harald Schmidt \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Rights and Duties \u003c\/b\u003e21. Social Justice and Public Health \u003ci\u003eMaxwell J. Smith \u003c\/i\u003e22. Health, Healthcare, and Public Health as Objects of (Human) Rights \u003ci\u003eMichael Da Silva \u003c\/i\u003e23. Disability Justice and Public Health \u003ci\u003eAgnès Berthelot-Raffard \u003c\/i\u003e24. Ageing and Justice in Health: A Conceptual Map toward a Unified View \u003ci\u003eKebadu Mekonnen Gebremariam and Ritu Sadana \u003c\/i\u003e25. Philosophical Issues in Cancer and Public Health \u003ci\u003eAnya Plutynski \u003c\/i\u003e26. Public Health, Human Rights, and Philosophy \u003ci\u003eKristen Hessler. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019544035671,"sku":"9781138938823","price":185.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138938823.jpg?v=1750780584","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-handbook-of-philosophy-of-public-health-9781138938823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}