title: Ethical issues in public health policy.
abstract: Ethics in public health policy is given the least importance and rarely discussed. Resolving ethical issues in public health is often an arduous task as these are complicated and require careful handling. Using four case studies, we discuss issues pertaining to pertussis and brain damage, water fluoridation and dental caries, infection with the human immunodeficiency virus and the right to marriage, and the debate surrounding universal salt iodization. The core issue in all these examples pertains to the relevance of ethics in public health policy.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baridalyne
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sankar
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pandav
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005457:Fluoridation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008393:Marriage; D011634:Public Health; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D007455:Iodine