Environmentally Induced Illnesses - Thomas Kerns

Environmentally Induced Illnesses

Ethics, Risk Assessment and Human Rights

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2001
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-0827-6 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
The first book to directly address the ethical dimension of managing environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants. The work includes medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to toxicants and the social costs of these disorders; relevant historic and human rights documents; and primary obstacles faced by public health advocates.
Readers drawn to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague, or Theo Colburn's Our Stolen Future will appreciate this work by Thomas Kerns as well. The growing epidemics of chemically induced illnesses from long-term, low-dose exposure to toxicants in both developed and developing nations are being studied by serious researchers. Questions are being raised as to how societies will deal with these new problems. Kerns's book is the first to directly address the ethical dimension of managing environmental health and ubiquitous toxicants (such as solvents, pesticides, and artificial fragrances). The work includes recent medical literature on chronic health effects from exposure to toxicants and the social costs of these disorders; relevant historic and human rights documents; recommendations for public policy and legislation; and primary obstacles faced by public health advocates. College instructors and students, victims of chemical sensitivity disorders, public health workers, scientists, and policymakers who are interested in the challenge of these emerging epidemics will find Kerns's text highly informative.

College professor Thomas Kerns teaches medical ethics and philosophy at North Seattle Community College in Seattle, Washington.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.7.2001
Zusatzinfo appendices, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 399 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-7864-0827-8 / 0786408278
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-0827-6 / 9780786408276
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