Personalism for public health ethics

In public health ethics, as in bioethics, utilitarian approaches usually prevail, followed by Kantian and communitarian foundations. If one considers the nature and core functions of public health, which are focused on a population perspective, utilitarianism seems still more applicable to public he...

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Main Authors: Carlo Petrini, Sabina Gainotti, Pablo Requena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2010-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712010000200015&lng=en&tlng=en