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War on all fronts : a theory of health security justice / Nicholas G. Evans.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Evans, Nicholas G., 1985- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.
Public health.
Communicable diseases--Prevention.
Communicable diseases.
Biosecurity.
Medical policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Contained In:
CSCU_EDISJ
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
Summary:
"Shows the flaws in using "the war metaphor" to understand and organize our response to pandemics and urges its abandonment"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The War Metaphor
Reconciling Military and Public Health Ethics
The Impersonal Account of Disease
The Moral Foundations of the Public Health State
Justly Declaring an Emergency
The Ethics of Liberty Limiting Measures
Drawing Up the Troops : Waging War on Disease
Peace in Public Health
Whose War? Policy and Public Health Politics
Epilogue: Emergency Innovation.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-37422-6
0-262-37421-8
OCLC:
1353781767

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