An ethical and prudential argument for prioritizing the reduction of parasite-stress in the allocation of health care resources

作者:Powell Russell*; Clarke Steve; Savulescu Julian
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2012, 35(2): 90-91.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X11001026

摘要

The link between parasite-stress and complex psychological dispositions implies that the social, political, and economic benefits likely to flow from public health interventions that reduce rates of non-zoonotic infectious disease are far greater than have traditionally been thought. We sketch a prudential and ethical argument for increasing public health resources globally and redistributing these to focus on the alleviation of parasite-stress in human populations.

  • 出版日期2012-4