Historical Foundations

Steven S. Coughlin

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Historical Foundations

Steven S. Coughlin

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Abstract

This chapter considers the history of the rise of ethical concerns in the public health movement and epidemiology, which is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations. It offers an overview of early developments in public health and ethics and discusses more recent developments, including the origins of bioethics, regulatory safeguards for human subjects research, and contemporary epidemiologic ethics.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ethics and Epidemiology
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199864416
ISBN (Print)	9780195322934
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195322934.003.0001
State	Published - Sep 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bioethics
Epidemiologic ethics
Epidemiology
Ethics
Human subjects research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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