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The ethics of coercion in mass casualty medicine / Griffin Trotter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trotter, Griffin, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency medical services--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Emergency medical services.
- Mass casualties--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Mass casualties.
- Disaster relief--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Disaster relief.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on core concepts from bioethics, political philosophy, public health, sociology, and medicine, this timely book lays the groundwork for a new vision of official disaster response based on preventing and minimizing the need for coercive action.
- Contents:
- The dynamics of coercion in mass casualty medicine
- Public health and its ethical basis
- Legitimacy
- Public policy and the role of experts
- Public deliberation and strategic leadership
- Tactical leadership
- Decisions for particular coercive actions.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9228-7
- 1-4356-9254-3
- OCLC:
- 300050897
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