Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Relational conceptions of paternalism: a way to rebut nanny-state accusations and evaluate public health interventions
Published 2015-01-01Objectives: ‘Nanny-state’ accusations can function as powerful rhetorical weapons against interventions intended to promote public health. Public health advocates often lack effective rebuttals to these criticisms. Nanny-state ...Open AccessArticle -
Public Health Research
Published 2016-04-01Having a scientific basis for the practice of public health is critical. Research leads to insight and innovations that solve health problems and is therefore central to public health worldwide. For example, in the United ...Open AccessBook chapter -
‘Interests’ in medicine and the inadequacy of disclosure
Published 2012-01-01Many papers published in the academic press sink without a trace, making no impression on clinical practice, health policy or public discourse. While the narrative review of melatonin-based therapies for depression published ...Open AccessArticle -
Vulnerability and Marginalized Populations
Published 2016-04-01Public health practitioners attempt to identify and then remove, or at least reduce, threats of harm. However, harm does not affect everyone in the same way. Some people and communities are resilient, whereas others are ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context
Published 2016-04-01Introducing public health ethics poses two special challenges. First, it is a relatively new field that combines public health and practical ethics . Its unfamiliarity requires considerable explanation, yet its scope and ...Open AccessBook chapter