Ethics and the Conduct of Public Health Surveillance
- 30 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 303 (5658) , 631-632
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1094038
Abstract
Efforts to distinguish between public health surveillance and epidemiological research are burdened by history. The authors of this Policy Forum say the moment is right to reframe the policy discussion and to recognize the imperative of ethical review of surveillance as well as research.Keywords
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