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Are There Characteristics of Infectious Diseases that Raise Special Ethical Issues?Charles B. SmithUniversity of Utah Leslie P. FrancisUniversity of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law Margaret Pabst BattinUniversity of Utah - Department of Philosophy Jeffrey BotkinUniversity of Utah - Pediatric Administration Jay A. JacobsonUniversity of Utah - School of Medicine Beverly Hawkinsaffiliation not provided to SSRN Emily P. Asplundaffiliation not provided to SSRN Gretchen J. Domekaffiliation not provided to SSRN December 7, 2009 Developing World Bioethics, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-16, 2004 Abstract: Bioethics developed as a field at a time when infectious diseases were thought largely to have been conquered. As a result, paradigms of analysis in the field looked largely to diseases such as cancer or dementia that could be viewed as posing problems about individualized treatment. This article examines characteristics of infectious disease – communicability, acuity, and treatability, among others – that raise different issues for bioethics, or that press traditional issues such as confidentiality in new directions.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 9 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 8, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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