Open AccessResponsibility for health: personal, social, and environmental
Author(s) -
David B. Resnik
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of medical ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1473-4257
pISSN - 0306-6800
DOI - 10.1136/jme.2006.017574
Subject(s) - health promotion , health care , social responsibility , health policy , sanitation , health education , obligation , public health , environmental health , public relations , business , social determinants of health , moral responsibility , political science , medicine , nursing , law , pathology
Most of the discussion in bioethics and health policy concerning social responsibility for health has focused on society's obligation to provide access to healthcare. While ensuring access to healthcare is an important social responsibility, societies can promote health in many other ways, such as through sanitation, pollution control, food and drug safety, health education, disease surveillance, urban planning and occupational health. Greater attention should be paid to strategies for health promotion other than access to healthcare, such as environmental and public health and health research.