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An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.

In recent years, efforts to respond to infectious diseases have been described in terms of national and global security, leading to the formation of the field of “health security.” In War on All Fronts, Nicholas G. Evans provides a novel theory of just health security and its relation to the practice of conventional public health. Using COVID-19 as a jumping-off point to examine wider issues, including how the US thinks about and prepares for pandemics, Evans shows the flaws in using the “war metaphor and how any serious understanding of health security must square with human rights—even when a disease poses a threat to national security.      

Evans asks what ethical principles justify declaring, and taking action during, a public health

War on All Fronts A Theory of Health Security

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      Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 16/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9780262545433, 978-0262545433
      ISBN10: 0262545438
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      Book Synopsis
      An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.

      In recent years, efforts to respond to infectious diseases have been described in terms of national and global security, leading to the formation of the field of “health security.” In War on All Fronts, Nicholas G. Evans provides a novel theory of just health security and its relation to the practice of conventional public health. Using COVID-19 as a jumping-off point to examine wider issues, including how the US thinks about and prepares for pandemics, Evans shows the flaws in using the “war metaphor and how any serious understanding of health security must square with human rights—even when a disease poses a threat to national security.      

      Evans asks what ethical principles justify declaring, and taking action during, a public health

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