这本开放获取的书阐明了故事的力量，以阐明公共卫生中出现的伦理问题。它补充了流行病学或监测证据，并揭示了利益相关者的观点，这对公共卫生从业人员制定有效和道德的公共卫生干预措施至关重要。因为它依赖于故事的自然和普遍吸引力，这本书还可以向考虑从事公共卫生职业的学生介绍公共卫生领域。这本书的开头部分也是对公共卫生伦理和叙事伦理领域更具说教性的介绍。它描述了公共卫生伦理领域，包括与公共卫生实践和研究相关的伦理原则，以及叙事伦理方法的优势。这种方法从内部探索公共卫生的问题和伦理挑战，从经历健康问题的人的角度，到必须解决这些问题的人的挑战。后面的章节由14章组成，介绍这些公共卫生问题和挑战的实际故事。在叙事风格上，它们包括从业者和公民的第一人称叙事，以及对已发表短篇小说的分析。它们解决的问题和挑战包括与司法关切、监督和耻辱、社区价值观和社区价值、信任和信息价值以及自由和责任有关的问题。具体的公共卫生议题包括资源分配、限制自由以保护社区免受健康威胁，以及创伤、成瘾、肥胖和健康差异对健康的影响。
Narrative Ethics in Public Health: The Value of Stories
This Open Access book illustrates the power of stories to illuminate ethical concerns that arise in public health. It complements epidemiological or surveillance evidence, and reveals stakeholder perspectives crucial for public health practitioners to develop effective and ethical public health interventions. Because it relies on the natural and universal appeal of stories, the book also serves to introduce the field of public health to students considering a career in public health. The opening section of the book also serves as a more didactic introduction to public health ethics and the field of narrative ethics. It describes the field of public health ethics including ethical principles relevant to public health practice and research, and the advantages of a narrative ethics approach. That approach explores the problems and the ethical challenges of public health from the inside, from the perspective of those experiencing health problems to the challenges of those who must address these problems. The later sections consist of 14 chapters that present the actual stories of these public health problems and challenges. In narrative style they range from first person narratives of both practitioners and citizens, to analysis of published short stories. The problems and challenges they address include issues relating to justice concerns, surveillance and stigma, community values and the value of community, trust and the value of information, and freedom and responsibility. Specific public health topics include resource allocation, restricting liberty to protect the community from health threats, and the health impact of trauma, addiction, obesity and health disparities.
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