PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paternalism, Embryonic Stem Cell, Commerce Clause
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Agreement: to restrict an individual"s freedom to behave in such a way as to cause direct harm to others. 1 versus many: example in europe: stop car engine no idling car engines. Moral and religious opposition: sex and reproduction, ph approach: sex education, provision of contraceptives services, especially condoms . Opposition by certain groups: they believe that it promotes immoral behavior moral and. Religious opposition: alcohol and drugs, clean needles to drug addicts effective to reduce the spread of the virus versus the believe of moralists- they believe it condones the use of iv drugs. Winners signed a report: administration"s misrepresentation or suppression of scientific information to obscure the fact that policy decisions are based on its political agenda . Discussion question 2: give an example of a measure that would benefit public health but might be expensive to implement.
