Principles of Ethics and Law in Public Health

Running Head: Issues of Public Health 0
Issues
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Public
Health
September 7
2019

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Public Health...................................................................................................................................2
Principles of Ethics and Law in Public Health................................................................................2
Justice..........................................................................................................................................2
Beneficence..................................................................................................................................3
Non-Maleficence.........................................................................................................................3
Autonomy....................................................................................................................................4
Efficiency.....................................................................................................................................4
Fidelity.........................................................................................................................................4
Individual Rights.............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The report is completely based upon the ethic in public health; the main aim is to
understand the principles of ethical laws which are implemented in public health. Ethics in the
public health have been used with the six different principles this report all the principles will be
defined briefly. The principles which are categorized have their own specific purpose but at
some stages, these principles violate the laws. However, these principles were designed to
provide support the Law in the report the violation of law will be briefly explained with the
suitable example. In healthcare sector every individual has his/her for safety; these rights protect
from different consequences.
Public Health
The term public health can be explained that the medium to protect the health of the
population. The health professionals continuously try to prevent the risk factors from arising and
with the help of different health programs, explaining the policies, conducting research they
motivate people to maintain the healthy lifestyle (Tacconelli, & Pezzani, 2019). A major part of
public health care has focused on equity, quality, and responsibility. The fields which are the part
of public health are described below:
Principles of Ethics and Law in Public Health
Generally, the laws are designed by considering the moral values of the specific society,
by the support of these laws the basic behavior of human beings can be described. The minimum
standards of the human behavior are represented by through laws i.e. ethical behavior. The
ethical principle and laws help human society to maintain moral values as well as motivates
people to follow them instead of violating. These are the guidelines through which an individual
can understand about activity that is to be performed or not to performed.
Justice
According to this principle, there should be transparency and equality in the medical
decision, it will help to distribute the resources and new treatments equally amongst everyone.
This principle also helps the medical practitioners while making the choices for the validation of
laws and legislation (Lee, 2019). The Elder Justice Act was proposed for defining the quality
continence care for older adults. This act is basically fulfilling the requirement of Ethical