Ethics and Epidemiology

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Steven Scott Coughlin, Tom L. Beauchamp, Douglas L. Weed
Oxford University Press, 2009 - Medical - 315 pages
Written by epidemiologists, ethicists and legal scholars, this book provides an in-depth account of the moral problems that often confront epidemiologists, including both theoretical and practical issues.

The first edition has sold almost three thousand copies since it was published in 1996. This edition is fully revised and includes three new chapters:Ethical Issues in Public Health Practice, Ethical Issues in Genetic Epidemiology, and Ethical Issues in International Health Research and Epidemiology. These chapters collectively address important developments of the past decade.

Three chapters from the first edition have also been reorganized: Ethicall Optimized Study Deisgns in Epidemiology, Ethical Issues in Epidemiologic Research with Children, and The Ethics of Epidemiologic Research with Older Populations. Instead of standing alone, these chapters have been integrated into chapters on informed consent, confidentiality and privacy protection, and community-based intervention studies.

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Contents

FOUNDATIONS
1
Moral Foundations
22
Toward a Philosophy of Epidemiology
53
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

Stephen S. Coughlin, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thomas L. Beauchamp, Professor of Philosophy and a Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Douglas L.Weed, Chief, Office of Preventive Oncology and Dean of Education and Training, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute. Stephen S. Coughlin, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thomas L. Beauchamp, Professor of Philosophy and a Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Douglas L.Weed, Chief, Office of Preventive Oncology and Dean of Education and Training, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute. Stephen S. Coughlin, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thomas L. Beauchamp, Professor of Philosophy and a Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Douglas L.Weed, Chief, Office of Preventive Oncology and Dean of Education and Training, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute.

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