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Ethics and Epidemiology
"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. Epidemiology is a basic science in public health. This chapter provides an overview of early developments in public health and ethics. More recent developments are also discussed, including the origins of bioethics, regulatory safeguards for human subjects research, public health ethics, and contemporary epidemiologic ethics"--
Current Topics in Breast Cancer Survivorship
Current Topics in Breast Cancer Survivorship is an important collection of essays about the health and wellbeing of breast cancer survivors. The audience for the book includes graduate students, health professionals and researchers from many different disciplines, including epidemiology, behavioral science, medicine, oncology, nursing, and health disparities. This book will likely be of interest to health professionals and researchers from various disciplines and members of non-profit organizations, government agencies, and health advocacy organizations. The book is organized into six key sections. The first section provides information about comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular diseas...
Ethics and Epidemiology
Written by epidemiologists, ethicists and legal scholars, this book provides an in-depth account of the moral problems that often confront epidemiologists, including both theoretical and practical issues. The first edition has sold almost three thousand copies since it was published in 1996. This edition is fully revised and includes three new chapters: Ethical Issues in Public Health Practice, Ethical Issues in Genetic Epidemiology, and Ethical Issues in International Health Research and Epidemiology. These chapters collectively address important developments of the past decade. Three chapters from the first edition have also been reorganized: Ethicall Optimized Study Deisgns in Epidemiology, Ethical Issues in Epidemiologic Research with Children, and The Ethics of Epidemiologic Research with Older Populations. Instead of standing alone, these chapters have been integrated into chapters on informed consent, confidentiality and privacy protection, and community-based intervention studies.
Ethics and Epidemiology
Written by epidemiologists, ethicists and legal scholars, this bookprovides an in-depth account of the moral problems that often confrontepidemiologists, including both theoretical and practical issues. The topicscovered include informed consent, privacy and confidentiality protection, thebalancing of risks and benefits, ethical issues in the study of vulnerablepopulations, the institutional review board system, and professional education.The solid, up-to-date analyses of these issues will be very helpful toepidemiologists in their practice, research and teaching. They encourage thelatest developments in the field and include detailed bibliographies.
Case Studies in Public Health Ethics
This new edition covers issues of privacy and confidentiality protection, informed consent in public health research, the ethics of randomized trials, vulnerable populations, genetic discrimination, AIDS prevention and treatment, health care reform, scientific misconduct, conflicts of interest, intellectual property, and more.
Handbook of Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) emerged in response to the longstanding tradition of "top-down" research-studies in which social scientists observe social phenomena and community problems as outsiders, separate from the participants' daily lives. CBPR is more immersive, fostering partnerships between academic and community organizations that increase the value and consequence of the research for all partners. The current perspectives gleaned from this school of research have been wildly well-received, in no small part because they address the complexity of the human experience in their conclusions. HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH codifies the methods and theo...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Health Conditions
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious anxiety disorder that can occur among persons exposed to traumatic events, affecting many of our nation's military and veterans. PTSD has been related to several adverse health outcomes and to increased utilization of health care services. The focus on this book is on the relationships between PTSD and chronic health conditions including other psychiatric conditions; substance abuse and dependency; chronic pain; obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome; cardiovascular disease; and traumatic brain injury. This book is a unique multidisciplinary collaboration of senior scientists and clinicians from the Office of Public Health and Environ...
