title: "With human health it's a global thing": Canadian perspectives on ethics in the global governance of an influenza pandemic.
abstract: We live in an era where our health is linked to that of others across the globe, and nothing brings this home better than the specter of a pandemic. This paper explores the findings of town hall meetings associated with the Canadian Program of Research on Ethics in a Pandemic (CanPREP), in which focus groups met to discuss issues related to the global governance of an influenza pandemic. Two competing discourses were found to be at work: the first was based upon an economic rationality and the second upon a humanitarian rationality. The implications for public support and the long-term sustainability of new global norms, networks, and regulations in global public health are discussed.
authors: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3M2, Canada, a.thompson@utoronto.ca.
authors: Alison K
authors: AK
authors: Thompson
authors: Maxwell J
authors: MJ
authors: Smith
authors: Christopher W
authors: CW
authors: McDougall
authors: Cécile
authors: C
authors: Bensimon
authors: Daniel Felipe
authors: DF
authors: Perez
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada; D002645:Chickens; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics*; D004467:Economics; D004645:Empathy; D017144:Focus Groups; D014943:Global Health / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000191:economics*; D005585:Influenza in Birds; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009042:Motivation / Q000941:ethics; D011203:Poverty; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D035502:Trust
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines