Launch seminar presentations

The following presentations were given by members of the Working Party at the launch seminar for 'Public health: ethical issues' in November 2007.

An ethical framework for public health

Professor Tom Baldwin

Professor of Philosophy, University of York

Policy process and practice

Professor Roger Brownsword

Director, Centre for Technology, Law, Ethics and Society (TELOS), King’s College London and Member of the Council

Case study: infectious disease

Professor Anne Johnson

Head of Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London

Case study: obesity

Lord Krebs

Chair of the Working Party on Public health: ethical issues, and Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford

Case study: alcohol and tobacco

Professor Christine Godfrey

Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Sciences, University of York

Case study: fluoridation of water

Professor Jonathan Montgomery

Professor of Health Care Law, University of Southampton and Chair, Hampshire Primary Care Trust