This seminal collection on the ethical issues associated with infectious disease is the first book to correct bioethics’ glaring neglect of this subject.
- Timely in view of public concern about SARS, AIDS, avian flu, bioterrorism and antibiotic resistance.
- Brings together new and classic papers by prominent figures.
- Tackles the ethical issues associated with issues such as quarantine, vaccination policy, pandemic planning, biodefense, wildlife disease and health care in developing countries.
Preface: Michael J. Selgelid, Margaret P. Battin and Charles B. Smith.
Introduction: Michael J. Selgelid, Margaret P. Battin and Charles B. Smith.
PART I: BIOETHICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
1. Ethics and Infectious Disease: Michael J. Selgelid.
2. Are There Characteristics of Infectious Diseases That Raise Special Ethical Issues?: Charles B. Smith, Margaret P. Battin, Jay A. Jacobson, Leslie P. Francis, Jeffrey R. Botkin, Emily P. Asplund, Gretchen J. Domek and Beverly Hawkins.
3. How Infectious Diseases Got Left Out – and What This Omission Might Have Meant for Bioethics: Leslie P. Francis, Margaret P. Battin, Jay A. Jacobson,.
Charles B. Smith and Jeffrey R. Botkin.
PART II: ETHICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL.
4. Individual Freedom or Collective Welfare? An Analysis of Quarantine as a Response to Global Infectious Disease: Evan S. Michelson.
5. Obligatory Precautions Against Infection: Marcel Verweij.
6. Reflecting on Ethical and Legal Il
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