Ethical Justification for Conducting Public Health Surveillance Without Patient Consent

Autor:	Lisa M. Lee, Angela White, Charles M. Heilig
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Risk Social Responsibility medicine.medical_specialty Informed Consent business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health International health Population health Bioethics humanities United States Health promotion Harm Public health surveillance Nursing Population Surveillance Humans Medicine Health education Public Health business Health Policy and Ethics Health policy
Zdroj:	American Journal of Public Health. 102:38-44
ISSN:	1541-0048 0090-0036
DOI:	10.2105/ajph.2011.300297
Popis:	Public health surveillance by necessity occurs without explicit patient consent. There is strong legal and scientific support for maintaining name-based reporting of infectious diseases and other types of public health surveillance. We present conditions under which surveillance without explicit patient consent is ethically justifiable using principles of contemporary clinical and public health ethics. Overriding individual autonomy must be justified in terms of the obligation of public health to improve population health, reduce inequities, attend to the health of vulnerable and systematically disadvantaged persons, and prevent harm. In addition, data elements collected without consent must represent the minimal necessary interference, lead to effective public health action, and be maintained securely.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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