Denaturalizing scarcity: a strategy of enquiry for public- health ethics.

Interrogating scarcity: how to think about ‘resource-scarce settings’

The idea of resource scarcity permeates health ethics and health policy analysis in various contexts. However, health ethics inquiry seldom asks-as it should-why some settings are 'resource-scarce' and others not. In this article I describe interrogating scarcity as a strategy for inquiry into questions of resource allocation within a single political jurisdiction and, in particular, as an appr...

The Ethics of Public Health volumes I and II Michael Freeman (ed.) Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010

Whilst public health interventions, and ethical consideration of them, have a long history, concern about ethical issues in public health first came to the fore in the 1980s in response to the rise of HIV/ AIDS. Since that time this has been a rapidly growing field of enquiry and work on public health ethics has been carried out by public health professionals, bioethicists and lawyers, among ot...

Ethical Patient Prioritization in Disaster Triage: A Protocol for a Systematic Review

Background: Disasters are medically defined as events in which the demands for patients’ care far exceed the available resources. In such situations, triage and rationing of limited resources are inevitable. A decision regarding triage needs not only scientific guidelines but also an ethical framework and supporting policies. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the criteria for...

The Value of Engaging the Public in CHATing About Healthcare Priorities: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Human Dignity as Leading Principle in Public Health Ethics: A Multi-Case Analysis of 21st Century German Health Policy Decisions

Background There is ample evidence that since the turn of the millennium German health policy made a considerable step towards prevention and health promotion, putting the strategies of ‘personal empowerment’ and ‘settings based approach’ high on the federal government’s agenda. This phenomenon has challenged the role of ethics in health policy. Concurrently, increasing relevance of the Concept...