Ethics and Epidemiology

by Steven S. Coughlin (Editor)

Overview

Now updated with timely global examples, Ethics and Epidemiology, Third Edition provides an in-depth account to the theoretical and practical moral problems confronting public health students and professionals and offers guidance for how justified moral conclusions can be reached.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780197587058
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/05/2021
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 6.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Steven S. Coughlin, M.P.H., Ph.D., received graduate degrees from San Diego State University and Johns Hopkins University. He is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Program in Public Health Ethics at Tulane University. He is eEditor of Ethics in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, a member of the editorial board of Epidemiology, and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology. His main interests are in professional ethics in epidemiology and the prevention and control of chronic diseases.
Tom L. Beauchamp, Ph.D., received graduate degrees from Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. He is presently Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is the author of Philosophical Ethics and co-author of Principles of Biomedical Ethics, A History and Theory of Informed Consent, and Medical Ethics. Also, he is one of three general editors of the critical edition of the philosophical works of David Hume. His main interests in philosophy are in ethical theory, professional ethics, and the history of modern philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1 - Historical Foundations
Steven S. Coughlin

PART II: KEY VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

Chapter 2 - Epidemiology and Informed Consent
Anna C. Mastroianni and Jeffrey P. Kahn

Chapter 3 - Solidarity and the Common Good: Social Epidemiology and Relational Ethics in Public Health
Bruce Jennings

Chapter 4 - Understanding the Ethics of Risk as Used in Epidemiology
Diego S. Silva

Chapter 5 - Risk and Precaution: The Ethical Challenges of Translating Epidemiology into Action
Stephen D. John

PART III: METHODS

Chapter 6 - Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Community-Based Intervention Studies
Michelle C. Kegler, Steven S. Coughlin, and Karen Glanz

PART IV: ISSUES

Chapter 7 - Ethics in Public Health Practice
Robert E. McKeown

Chapter 8 - Ethics Issues in Genetic Epidemiology
Laura M. Beskow, Stephanie M. Fullerton, and Wylie Burke

Chapter 9 - Ethics, Epidemiology, and Changing Perspectives on AIDS
Carol Levine

Chapter 10 - Ethics Curricula in Epidemiology
Kenneth W. Goodman and Ronald J. Prineas

Chapter 11-Conflicts of Interest
Walter Ricciardi and Carlo Petrini

Index

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

In this new book, practicing epidemiologists, ethicists, and other contributors discuss the intersection of these two fields. The development of ethical guidelines is reviewed as well as their philosophical foundation and practical application. Several practical issues are highlighted, including informed consent, confidentiality, protection of certain vulnerable populations, and the development of an ethics curriculum for students of epidemiology. The purpose is to review for both the student and the practicing researcher the development and application of ethical guidelines within the field, as well as their rationale. The preface touches on issues of responsibility and obligation faced by researchers that are not well developed in the subsequent chapters. The book is appropriate for epidemiologists and students in the field as well as for others who are involved with human subjects research. The practical orientation of the book makes it perhaps less useful to pure ethicists, although references cited provide ample direction for those who desire a more detailed philosophical or historical treatment. The first several chapters provide overview and foundations, whereas subsequent chapters pursue specific practical questions. Those subjects highlighted are well defined and clearly presented. Many difficult issues are omitted, however, or mentioned only in passing, including the ethical consequences of racial and ethnic comparisons, the conduct of genetic epidemiology, and the myriad of problems encountered when conducting research in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This book is a useful and much needed addition to the epidemiologist's bookshelf. Ethical instruction is especiallylacking in training programs, and this work provides the basis for an ethics curriculum. Although several important ethical questions are left undiscussed, the practical orientation of this book and its accessible format and language give it great potential for having a positive impact in our field.

Jay S. Kaufman

Reviewer: Jay S. Kaufman, PhD (Loyola University Medical Center)
Description: In this new book, practicing epidemiologists, ethicists, and other contributors discuss the intersection of these two fields. The development of ethical guidelines is reviewed as well as their philosophical foundation and practical application. Several practical issues are highlighted, including informed consent, confidentiality, protection of certain vulnerable populations, and the development of an ethics curriculum for students of epidemiology.
Purpose: The purpose is to review for both the student and the practicing researcher the development and application of ethical guidelines within the field, as well as their rationale. The preface touches on issues of responsibility and obligation faced by researchers that are not well developed in the subsequent chapters.
Audience: The book is appropriate for epidemiologists and students in the field as well as for others who are involved with human subjects research. The practical orientation of the book makes it perhaps less useful to pure ethicists, although references cited provide ample direction for those who desire a more detailed philosophical or historical treatment.
Features: The first several chapters provide overview and foundations, whereas subsequent chapters pursue specific practical questions. Those subjects highlighted are well defined and clearly presented. Many difficult issues are omitted, however, or mentioned only in passing, including the ethical consequences of racial and ethnic comparisons, the conduct of genetic epidemiology, and the myriad of problems encountered when conducting research in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Assessment: This book is a useful and much needed addition to the epidemiologist's bookshelf. Ethical instruction is especially lacking in training programs, and this work provides the basis for an ethics curriculum. Although several important ethical questions are left undiscussed, the practical orientation of this book and its accessible format and language give it great potential for having a positive impact in our field.

Doody's Review Service

"Epidemiologists, public health researchers, bioethicists, and health policymakers will value the insight this book provides into the ethical dilemmas faced in epidemiological research."—Issues in Law and Medicine

"This book is a useful and much needed addition to the epidemiologist's bookshelf....The practical orientation of this book and its accessible format and language give it great potential for having a positive impact in our field."—Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

Reviewed in Journal of the American Medical Association

"A carefully and clearly reasoned discussion....Excellent"—The New England Journal of Medicine

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