Emergency Ethics: Public Health Preparedness and Response

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· Oxford University Press
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Leading scholars in bioethics and public health ethics clarify the key values and norms of emergency planning and response and address ethical issues relating to the allocation of scarce resources, research in the context of emergencies, community participation in preparedness planning, the protection of those with special needs, and the duties public health professionals.

About the author

Bruce Jennings is Director of Bioethics at the Center for Humans and Nature. John D. Arras (1945-2015) Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy and Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia. Drue H. Barrett is Lead of the Public Health Ethics Unit in the Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barbara A. Ellis is Deputy Director of the Office of Science Quality, Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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