XIE Jing, WU Dong, ZHANG Shu-yang. Public Health Ethics and Clinical Practice in the Context of Response to the Outbreak of an Infectious Disease[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2021, 12(1): 141-145. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.20200249
Citation: XIE Jing, WU Dong, ZHANG Shu-yang. Public Health Ethics and Clinical Practice in the Context of Response to the Outbreak of an Infectious Disease[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2021, 12(1): 141-145. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.20200249

Public Health Ethics and Clinical Practice in the Context of Response to the Outbreak of an Infectious Disease

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National Key R&D Program of China 2020YFC0861000

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  • Corresponding author:

    ZHANG Shu-yang Tel: 86-10-69155810, E-mail: shuyangzhang103@163.com

  • Received Date: September 17, 2020
  • Accepted Date: October 22, 2020
  • Issue Publish Date: January 29, 2021
  • Public health focuses on collective actions to address the health needs of populations. Public health ethics helps to guide the practice of public health with ethical principles and norms. As healthcare providers, medical workers and healthcare facilities are integral parts of the public health system. Daily clinical practice involves principles of not only clinical medical ethics but also public health ethics. In the context of combating the outbreak of an infectious disease, public health ethics plays a significant role in clinical practice. We briefly overview the definition and principles of public health ethics, and introduce three substantive ethical questions that are central to public health and may be encountered in clinical practice.
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