4025.0 Liberty, Equality and Justice in Public Health

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session discusses the conceptual foundations of public health ethics in relation to the theme of social justice. It will assess examples such as health promotion, behavior modification, and rationing during a pandemic.
Session Objectives: Identify the relationship among liberty, equality, and justice. Discuss the connection between health and individual liberty. Assess the social justice implications of promoting population health.
Moderator:
Bruce Jennings, MA

8:30am
Distributive equity and equal recognition: Demands of and challenges to social justice in public health
Erika Blacksher, PhD
  
8:50am
Fairness in rationing during a severe pandemic: Public perspectives
J. Eline Garrett, JD, Dorothy E. Vawter, PhD, Karen G. Gervais, PhD, Angela Witt Prehn, PhD and Debra A. DeBruin, PhD
  
9:10am
Is Liberty Bad for Your Health?
Michael Allen, PhD, Philosophy
  
9:30am
Promoting population health through manipulation: Behavioral economics, public health and social justice
Jason Gerson, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Ethics SPIG

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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