title: Public health and bioethics.
abstract: Conduct that satisfies certain bioethical doctrines may come into conflict with the needs and ethics of public health. The growth of antibiotic resistance in bacteria and the spread of HIV both contribute to the difficulty of controlling infectious disease. These two sets of priorities need to be reconciled and this is likely to require a reassessment of prevailing ethical doctrines in the face of the needs of public health.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Veterinary Science, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lachmann
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D002961:Civil Rights; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011634:Public Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012922:Social Change; D012935:Social Justice; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035141:Voluntary Programs