Ethical issues in radiation protection.
In this note the authors survey existing international radiation-protection recommendations of the ICRP, the IAEA, and the ILO. After outlining previous work on the ethics of radiation protection and risk assessment/management, the authors review ethical thinking on five key issues related to radiation protection and ethics. They formulate each of these five issues in terms of alternative ethical stances: (1) Equity vs. Efficiency, (2) Health vs. Economics, (3) Individual Rights vs. Societal Benefits, (4) Due Process vs. Necessary Sacrifice, and (5) Stakeholder Consent vs. Management Decisions.
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Environmental Sciences and Policy Program and Philosophy Department, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620-5550, USA.
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D035881:Compensation and Redress; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D011835:Radiation Protection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012935:Social Justice