Philosophical and Methodological Debates in Public Health

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This interdisciplinary volume gathers selected, refereed contributions on various aspects of public health from several disciplines and research fields, including the philosophy of science, epidemiology, statistics and ethics. The contributions were originally presented at the 1st Barcelona conference of “Philosophy of Public Health” (5th – 7th May 2016). This book is intended for researchers interested in public health and the contemporary debates surrounding it. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Philosophical Debates on Public Health (Angel Puyol)....Pages 1-7 Diseases, Problems or Needs: A Framework for Public Health (Andreu Segura-Benedicto)....Pages 9-20 Critical Epidemiology in Latin America: Roots, Philosophical and Methodological Ruptures (Jaime Breilh)....Pages 21-45 Lost in Causality: How Epidemiology’s Counterfactual Causal Inference Revolution Upholds Class, Race and Gender Inequities (Carles Muntaner, James R. Dunn)....Pages 47-58 Coeliac Disease and Non-coeliac Gluten Sensitivity: A Clinical and Philosophical Discussion (F. Borrell-Carrió, E. Peguero-Rodríguez, V. Morales-Hidalgo, J. Castellote-Alonso, A. Estany)....Pages 59-72 Progress in Biomedical Sciences and Raw Data: Ethical Dilemmas (David Casacuberta, Simone Tassani)....Pages 73-83 Design Epistemology for Public Health Research (A. Estany)....Pages 85-106 Invisible Victims and Public Health: Epistemic Injustices in the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma (María del Mar Cabezas, Carlos Pitillas)....Pages 107-124 Social Determinants of Health: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities (Oriol Farrés-Juste)....Pages 125-136 The Public Dimension of Care: Towards a Public Ethics of Care (Txetxu Ausín)....Pages 137-148 Genetic Prevention, Carrier Screening and the Role of Citizens: The Legitimisation of Libertarian Paternalist Policies by Deliberative Democracy (Baroukh Maurice Assael, Giovanni Boniolo)....Pages 149-161 Public Health and Inequities Under Capitalism: Systemic Effects and Human Rights (Joan Benach, Juan Manuel Pericàs, Eliana Martínez-Herrera, Mireia Bolíbar)....Pages 163-179 Ethics and Public Health Policies (Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, María Pastor-Valero)....Pages 181-194 What Is and What Is Not a Conflict of Interest in the Sphere of Public Health (Miguel Ángel Royo-Bordonada, Fernando García-López)....Pages 195-214