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Rationalizing professional conduct: ethics in disease control.

C L Soskolne1

  • 1Department of Health Services Administration and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Public Health Reviews
|January 1, 1991
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Epidemiologists are increasingly addressing ethics in their work. Understanding the ethical basis for decisions in disease control is crucial for justifying actions and evaluating progress.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • Professionalism in epidemiology is increasingly incorporating ethical considerations.
  • Formal ethical discussions are a recent development in the field.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the influence of ethical theories on controlling environmentally determined diseases.
  • To examine the ethical underpinnings of public health decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • Exploration of ethical theories relevant to environmental health.
  • Analysis of decision-making frameworks in disease control.

Main Results:

  • Environmental health interventions are value-laden, influenced by justice, culture, and cost-effectiveness.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsBiomedical and Behavioral ResearchHealth Care and Public Health

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  • Epidemiologists utilize duty-based ethics, while public health emphasizes utilitarian principles.
  • Virtue-based ethics and consequentialism also inform public health decisions.

    • Conclusions:

    • Recognizing the ethical basis of decisions enhances moral justification and evaluation of scientific and cultural advancements.
    • Environment, epidemiology, culture, and ethics are interconnected domains.