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Introduction to Public Health Ethics 
EMPHNET 
Ghaiath M. A. Hussein 
MBBS, MHSc. (Bioethics), PhD Researcher 
Email: ghaiathme@gmail.com 
Regency Palace Hotel, Amman, Jordan 
15-19 June, 2014
Course objectives 
• To consider critically a range of conceptual 
and ethical issues that we face in public health 
care provision. 
• To provide an opportunity to reflect critically 
on, challenge, develop and refine our ethical 
positions on particular issues. 
• To analyze these issues using ethical 
frameworks, and to assess the value of such 
frameworks.
Course Outline 
• Module 1: introduction to public health ethics (PHE) 
• Module 2: ethical principles, theories and the core professional 
public health values 
• Module 3: ethical issues in surveillance, screening and outbreak 
investigation 
• Module 4: ethical issues in health promotion 
• Module 5: ethical issues in vaccination 
• Module 6: ethical issues in public health emergencies and 
disasters 
• Module 7: ethical issues in global health and research 
• Module 8: ethical codes and frameworks
Learning methods 
• Presentations (by facilitators and you ;), 
• Small group discussions, 
• problem/case discussion, 
• Learn from each other’s experiences, 
perspectives, arguments, etc. 
Ethics learning is best done independently: 
readings, reflections, arguments 
4
Before we start… let’s agree 
– All participate … tous participe… الكل يشارك 
– Don’t hesitate to ask or to say what you think 
– Doing at least one reading before coming 
– Listen as much you want to be listened to 
– Mobiles Silent or vibrating 
– If needed, fell free to leave the training venue 
– Feel free to suggest changes in the training plan (but 
don’t touch the breaks please :) 
– Priority is given to discussion than to ‘finish the day’s 
quota’!! 
5
MODULE ONE: INTRODUCTION TO 
PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS (PHE)
Outline for today’s session 
• The roles of the healthcare practitioner 
• The technical and ethical differences between 
clinical care and public health practice 
• The definition and taxonomy of ethics (ethical 
issue, ethics, bioethics, clinical ethics, 
research ethics and public health ethics) 
• The importance of ethics in PH practice and 
research
The roles of the healthcare 
practitioner 
• Practitioner 
• Researcher 
• Educator 
• Counsellor 
• Manager/administrator 
• Advocate 
(Frank JR. (Ed.), 2005)
Key definitions and concepts 
– What is Public Health about? 
– What is ethics/bioethics? 
– What is Public Health Ethics? 
– What is an ethical issue?
Source: http://professiongal.com/ 
TELL ME ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH
What is Public Health about? 
Aspect Clinical care Public health 
Main aim Treat sick individuals (cure) Prevent healthy individuals from getting ill 
(prevention) 
Beneficiaries Individuals (healthy or sick) and 
families 
Population (community) 
Scope Clinical care, diagnosis, and treatment Health education, health promotion, and 
community-based interventions 
Fields 
(specialties) 
Internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, 
obstetrics and gynecology, etc. 
Epidemiology, health promotion, biostatistics 
Occupational health, etc. 
Guidance Clinical guidelines, hospital policies, 
etc. 
PH guidelines, regulations, laws 
Examples of 
ethical issues 
and 
questions 
Issues related to the individuals’ right 
to decide (autonomy), privacy and 
confidentiality, etc. 
- When is it ethical to disclose a 
patient’s medical information? 
- How to decide which patient 
should have which service (e.g. an 
ICU bed)? 
Issues related to the tension between the 
individual rights (interests) and the public good 
(interests) 
- When is it ethical to limit the freedom of 
movement of a patient with an infectious 
disease (e.g. in case of pandemic)? 
- Do parents have the right to refuse 
vaccinating their children?
Which one would you drink?
Less Embarrassing Choices 
• I need to pass the exam..cheat or not? 
• I need my experiment finished… don’t tell the patient it’s a trial 
• I need the money of this Pharmaceutical company. Shall I change 
the results of my research on their drug? 
• … 
Ethics is about making choices… 
Usually hard ones !
What do you think?
Ethical/Moral reasoning 
• It is the process we need to go through to reach 
a decision about an ethical issue. 
• It helps us to differentiate: 
– Values and ethical principles 
– Facts: description of the way the world is; an 
actual state of affairs (“is”) 
– Values: judgment about the way things should 
be (“ought”). 
– Ethical principles: they are meant to guide 
actions. Key values in bioethics have 
corresponding (e.g., principle of respect for 
autonomy)
What is ethics? 
• A system of moral principles or standards 
governing conduct. 
• a system of principles by which human actions 
and proposals may be judged good or bad, right 
or wrong; 
• A set of rules or a standard governing the 
conduct of a particular class of human action or 
profession; 
• Any set of moral principles or values recognized 
by a particular religion, belief or philosophy; 
• The principles of right conduct of an individual. 
(UNESCO/IUBS/Eubios Living Bioethics Dictionary version 1.4)
Morality and Ethics… 
• Morality: the beliefs and standards of good 
and bad, right and wrong, that people actually 
do and should follow in a society, while ethics 
is defined as the systematic study of morality. 
• Metaethics: tries to clarify the rational 
standards and methods for the study of ethics 
• Normative ethics: develops ethical principles, 
rules, and ideals that spell out standards of 
good and bad, right and wrong. It can be 
divided into: moral theory and applied ethics.
Bioethics 
• Bioethics: is normative ethics applied to 
decision-making and public policy in the 
domains of biology, health care and research. 
• It aims at the identification, analysis, and 
resolution of the ethical issues in almost any 
field that is related to human life and health. 
• Domains: 
– Clinical/medical ethics -Research ethics 
– Public health ethics -Environmental ethics 
– Resource allocation ethics -Organizational ethics, etc.
Public Health Ethics (PHE) 
• Public Health Ethics (PHE): 
– the identification, analysis, and resolution 
of ethical problems arising in public health 
practice and research
EMPHNET Public Health Ethics (PHE): Introduction to public health ethics (phe)
Case: TB patient to JAIL 
• In Countristan, treatment of all TB patients is free. Patients 
are expected to show to the nearest health center (HC) to 
receive the treatment under direct observation (DOTS). 
• The HC keeps a record of ‘which patient had which dose’. 
• The TB officer in that region of Coutristan noted that one of 
the TB patient, Mr. Contagious did not receive his doses for 
the last couple of weeks. 
• The Officer approached Mr. Contagious to persuade him to 
take the doses on time. 
• The patient refused. The Officer presented an official request 
to the Attorney General (AG) in the region saying that “Mr. 
Contagious presents danger to the public.” 
• The AG issued an Order of Arrest against Mr. Contagious for 
the whole duration of the TB treatment. 
What are the ethical issues at stake here?
What’s ethically unique about 
public health? 
• Public vs. individuals’ rights 
• Scarcity of resources 
• Socio-political factors: 
– Poverty, illiteracy , minorities, vulnerability 
– Abuse of power (‘Nanny State’ & public 
engagement) 
• Socio-cultural factors: 
– Local beliefs vs. “international guidelines” 
– Role of families and community leaders 
• Urgency to contain public health threats 
• Inequalities (national and international)
Key messages and 
conclusions 
• Public health has the potential to produce 
public good, but also wide-scale harms 
• Public health ethics helps us to maximize the 
benefits and minimize the harms 
• Public health ethics helps us maintain the 
most important aspect of our field – public 
trust
Questions & Discussion 
Feel free to contact: 
Ghaiath Hussein 
Doctoral researcher, University 
of Birmingham, UK 
Email: 
ghaiathme@gmail.com
References & Readings 
• Frank JR. The CanMEDS 2005 physician competency framework: 
Better standards, better physicians, better care. Royal College of 
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2005 
• Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health; Public Health 
Leadership Society (2002) 
• Ethics and Public Health: Model Curriculum. Ed. Bruce Jennings et al. 
(2003) 
• Childress JF, Faden RR, Gaare RD, Gostin LO, Kahn J, Bonnie RJ, Kass NE, 
Mastroianni AC, Moreno JD, Nieburg P: Public health ethics: mapping 
the terrain. J Law Med Ethics 2002, 30:170-8. 
• Public health: disconnections between policy, practice and research. 
Jansen et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2010, 8:37 
• Ethical issues in epidemiologic research and public health practice. 
Steven S Coughlin. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:16 
• Accountability for reasonableness. Norman Daniels, BMJ 
2000;321:1300-1301

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EMPHNET Public Health Ethics (PHE): Introduction to public health ethics (phe)

  • 1. Introduction to Public Health Ethics EMPHNET Ghaiath M. A. Hussein MBBS, MHSc. (Bioethics), PhD Researcher Email: ghaiathme@gmail.com Regency Palace Hotel, Amman, Jordan 15-19 June, 2014
  • 2. Course objectives • To consider critically a range of conceptual and ethical issues that we face in public health care provision. • To provide an opportunity to reflect critically on, challenge, develop and refine our ethical positions on particular issues. • To analyze these issues using ethical frameworks, and to assess the value of such frameworks.
  • 3. Course Outline • Module 1: introduction to public health ethics (PHE) • Module 2: ethical principles, theories and the core professional public health values • Module 3: ethical issues in surveillance, screening and outbreak investigation • Module 4: ethical issues in health promotion • Module 5: ethical issues in vaccination • Module 6: ethical issues in public health emergencies and disasters • Module 7: ethical issues in global health and research • Module 8: ethical codes and frameworks
  • 4. Learning methods • Presentations (by facilitators and you ;), • Small group discussions, • problem/case discussion, • Learn from each other’s experiences, perspectives, arguments, etc. Ethics learning is best done independently: readings, reflections, arguments 4
  • 5. Before we start… let’s agree – All participate … tous participe… الكل يشارك – Don’t hesitate to ask or to say what you think – Doing at least one reading before coming – Listen as much you want to be listened to – Mobiles Silent or vibrating – If needed, fell free to leave the training venue – Feel free to suggest changes in the training plan (but don’t touch the breaks please :) – Priority is given to discussion than to ‘finish the day’s quota’!! 5
  • 6. MODULE ONE: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS (PHE)
  • 7. Outline for today’s session • The roles of the healthcare practitioner • The technical and ethical differences between clinical care and public health practice • The definition and taxonomy of ethics (ethical issue, ethics, bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics and public health ethics) • The importance of ethics in PH practice and research
  • 8. The roles of the healthcare practitioner • Practitioner • Researcher • Educator • Counsellor • Manager/administrator • Advocate (Frank JR. (Ed.), 2005)
  • 9. Key definitions and concepts – What is Public Health about? – What is ethics/bioethics? – What is Public Health Ethics? – What is an ethical issue?
  • 10. Source: http://professiongal.com/ TELL ME ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH
  • 11. What is Public Health about? Aspect Clinical care Public health Main aim Treat sick individuals (cure) Prevent healthy individuals from getting ill (prevention) Beneficiaries Individuals (healthy or sick) and families Population (community) Scope Clinical care, diagnosis, and treatment Health education, health promotion, and community-based interventions Fields (specialties) Internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, etc. Epidemiology, health promotion, biostatistics Occupational health, etc. Guidance Clinical guidelines, hospital policies, etc. PH guidelines, regulations, laws Examples of ethical issues and questions Issues related to the individuals’ right to decide (autonomy), privacy and confidentiality, etc. - When is it ethical to disclose a patient’s medical information? - How to decide which patient should have which service (e.g. an ICU bed)? Issues related to the tension between the individual rights (interests) and the public good (interests) - When is it ethical to limit the freedom of movement of a patient with an infectious disease (e.g. in case of pandemic)? - Do parents have the right to refuse vaccinating their children?
  • 12. Which one would you drink?
  • 13. Less Embarrassing Choices • I need to pass the exam..cheat or not? • I need my experiment finished… don’t tell the patient it’s a trial • I need the money of this Pharmaceutical company. Shall I change the results of my research on their drug? • … Ethics is about making choices… Usually hard ones !
  • 14. What do you think?
  • 15. Ethical/Moral reasoning • It is the process we need to go through to reach a decision about an ethical issue. • It helps us to differentiate: – Values and ethical principles – Facts: description of the way the world is; an actual state of affairs (“is”) – Values: judgment about the way things should be (“ought”). – Ethical principles: they are meant to guide actions. Key values in bioethics have corresponding (e.g., principle of respect for autonomy)
  • 16. What is ethics? • A system of moral principles or standards governing conduct. • a system of principles by which human actions and proposals may be judged good or bad, right or wrong; • A set of rules or a standard governing the conduct of a particular class of human action or profession; • Any set of moral principles or values recognized by a particular religion, belief or philosophy; • The principles of right conduct of an individual. (UNESCO/IUBS/Eubios Living Bioethics Dictionary version 1.4)
  • 17. Morality and Ethics… • Morality: the beliefs and standards of good and bad, right and wrong, that people actually do and should follow in a society, while ethics is defined as the systematic study of morality. • Metaethics: tries to clarify the rational standards and methods for the study of ethics • Normative ethics: develops ethical principles, rules, and ideals that spell out standards of good and bad, right and wrong. It can be divided into: moral theory and applied ethics.
  • 18. Bioethics • Bioethics: is normative ethics applied to decision-making and public policy in the domains of biology, health care and research. • It aims at the identification, analysis, and resolution of the ethical issues in almost any field that is related to human life and health. • Domains: – Clinical/medical ethics -Research ethics – Public health ethics -Environmental ethics – Resource allocation ethics -Organizational ethics, etc.
  • 19. Public Health Ethics (PHE) • Public Health Ethics (PHE): – the identification, analysis, and resolution of ethical problems arising in public health practice and research
  • 21. Case: TB patient to JAIL • In Countristan, treatment of all TB patients is free. Patients are expected to show to the nearest health center (HC) to receive the treatment under direct observation (DOTS). • The HC keeps a record of ‘which patient had which dose’. • The TB officer in that region of Coutristan noted that one of the TB patient, Mr. Contagious did not receive his doses for the last couple of weeks. • The Officer approached Mr. Contagious to persuade him to take the doses on time. • The patient refused. The Officer presented an official request to the Attorney General (AG) in the region saying that “Mr. Contagious presents danger to the public.” • The AG issued an Order of Arrest against Mr. Contagious for the whole duration of the TB treatment. What are the ethical issues at stake here?
  • 22. What’s ethically unique about public health? • Public vs. individuals’ rights • Scarcity of resources • Socio-political factors: – Poverty, illiteracy , minorities, vulnerability – Abuse of power (‘Nanny State’ & public engagement) • Socio-cultural factors: – Local beliefs vs. “international guidelines” – Role of families and community leaders • Urgency to contain public health threats • Inequalities (national and international)
  • 23. Key messages and conclusions • Public health has the potential to produce public good, but also wide-scale harms • Public health ethics helps us to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms • Public health ethics helps us maintain the most important aspect of our field – public trust
  • 24. Questions & Discussion Feel free to contact: Ghaiath Hussein Doctoral researcher, University of Birmingham, UK Email: ghaiathme@gmail.com
  • 25. References & Readings • Frank JR. The CanMEDS 2005 physician competency framework: Better standards, better physicians, better care. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2005 • Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health; Public Health Leadership Society (2002) • Ethics and Public Health: Model Curriculum. Ed. Bruce Jennings et al. (2003) • Childress JF, Faden RR, Gaare RD, Gostin LO, Kahn J, Bonnie RJ, Kass NE, Mastroianni AC, Moreno JD, Nieburg P: Public health ethics: mapping the terrain. J Law Med Ethics 2002, 30:170-8. • Public health: disconnections between policy, practice and research. Jansen et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2010, 8:37 • Ethical issues in epidemiologic research and public health practice. Steven S Coughlin. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:16 • Accountability for reasonableness. Norman Daniels, BMJ 2000;321:1300-1301