Contraception and public health ethics
Document Type
Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
This chapter discusses how potential conflicts between individual rights and public health goals can be managed in the context of contraceptive service delivery and research. It applies three ethical principles—respect for persons, beneficence, and justice—to illustrate how those tensions play out in a variety of challenging situations prevalent in the fields of family planning and reproductive health. That analysis is followed by a discussion of the consequences of those conflicts for health systems, family planning providers, and users of health systems. The chapter focuses on developing countries and makes relevant parallels for global policymaking and service delivery.
Recommended Citation
RamaRao, Saumya and John Townsend. 2019. "Contraception and public health ethics," in Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Nancy E. Kass (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics: Oxford University Press.
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.013.77
Language
English