Introduction

Abstract

Originating from an international conference on public health ethics, this volume contains contributions from a group of leading scholars from multiple disciplines and countries, covering three intertwined areas: (i) Concepts: philosophical analysis of core concepts of public health ethics; (ii) Methods & Teaching: suggestions for strategies and curricula for teaching of ethics in public health and health policy, and strategies for systematically reviewing argument-based literature in public health ethics; (iii) Cases: several case studies that demonstrate the wide spectrum of ethical issues in public health interventions as well as the applicability of public health ethics. This contributed volume does not (and cannot) aim to cover all concepts, methods, teaching approaches and possible issues. It addresses those special concerns that are currently the subject of controversial debate and that have not been addressed in other contributed volumes in the field. This chapter provides a short overview of all contributions.