Reproductive health and public health ethics

Abstract Individuals' reproductive choices are private matters, but sexual conduct and pregnancy impose significant public health burdens. Ethical principles of public health are distinguishable from principles applied in modern bioethics. Bioethical principles have been developed at the clinic...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of gynecology and obstetrics 2007-10, Vol.99 (1), p.75-79
Main Authors: Dickens, B.M., Cook, R.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Induced - ethics
Abortion, Induced - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Birth control
Contraception
Contraception - ethics
Developing Countries
Ethics
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health Services Accessibility - ethics
Humans
Induced abortion. Therapeutic abortion
Infertility
Infertility - etiology
Infertility - therapy
Maternal Mortality
Maternal mortality and morbidity
Medical sciences
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pregnancy
Public Health - ethics
Reproduction - ethics
Reproductive health
Reproductive Health Services - ethics
Sexual Behavior - ethics
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
Sterility. Assisted procreation
Sterilization - ethics
Sterilization - methods
Unsafe abortion
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract Individuals' reproductive choices are private matters, but sexual conduct and pregnancy impose significant public health burdens. Ethical principles of public health are distinguishable from principles applied in modern bioethics. Bioethical principles have been developed at the clinical or microethical level, affecting relations among individuals, whereas pubic health ethics applies at the population-based or macroethical level. Resolution of issues, for instance of consent to healthcare interventions and preservation of privacy, is different in public health practice from in clinical medicine. Public health aspects of human reproduction concern reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity, particularly in resource-poor countries, and the contribution to high rates of each of unsafe abortion, most prevalent where abortion laws are restrictive. Further aspects of public health ethics concern limited access to contraceptive services, the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, causes of infertility, especially due to STIs, and responses to each of these concerns.
ISSN:0020-7292
1879-3479
DOI:10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.04.017