Question

Public health ethics differs from bioethics, in that, it focuses on which of the following?

	Distribution of resources
	Individual decision making
	Focus on the individual
	Patient care

Answer 1

Public health differs from bioethics in the fact that it focuses on distribution of resources while the bioethics as well as medical ethics focuses on patient and are individual centered.

Public health ethics has more focus on the population rather than the individuals and public health is about protecting and promoting health and preventing disease.

Public-health ethics is vital for 3 main reasons:
(i) the basic problems raised in public health over the role of governments.

(ii) the shortcomings of existing models in bioethics for managing such problems.

(iii) the worldwide relevance of health and public health that makes these problems so relevant.