title: Explaining and responding to the Ebola epidemic.
abstract: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is not merely a biomedical problem that can be seen in isolation and dealt with only through emergency medical rescue processes. The ethical dilemmas surfaced by this epidemic are also not confined to the usual micro-ethical problems associated with medical care and medical research. The pandemic, as one of many manifestations of failed human and social development that has brought the world to dangerous 'tipping points', requires deep introspection and action to address upstream causal processes.
authors.affiliation: Bioethics Centre, Philosophy Department, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town, 3.03 Humanities Building, University Ave, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Solomon.benatar@uct.ac.za.
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benatar
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D057231:Climate Change; D029043:Ebolavirus; D058872:Epidemics; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000941:ethics; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health