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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072298

Government, Politics, and Law

Public Health and the Anticorporate Movement: Rationale and Recommendations

William H. Wiist 1*

1 Health Services Education & Research, LLC, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: whwiist{at}yahoo.com.


  Abstract

The primary ethical mission of public health practice is to address distal, societal structural factors causing disease. Public health professionals frequently address health problems related to products, services, or practices of corporations.

Institutions and informal networks have formed a movement that is challenging the growing power and pervasive influence of large corporations. The movement's analyses show that the historical development and current function of the corporate entity requires production of a profit regardless of consequences to health, society, or the environment.

There are possibilities for links between public health and the anticorporate movement. Public health research and the professional preparation curriculum should focus on the corporate entity as a social structural determinant of disease.

Key Words: Community Health, Ethics, Global Health, Health Policy, Human Rights, Public Health Practice




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