PoPulationand Public HealtH etHics

How might the decision and/or action be evaluated?
Net benefits of this course of action could be measured by economic activity
and by assessing indicators of social health and well being. Declines in
childhood morbidity and premature mortality would be a worthy goal. Infrastructure
that supports health and safety and that could be expanded to
include diseases other than those related specifically to occupational diseases
would be an achievement. Education and training about health and safety
would likely improve community health. A reduction in the earnings disparity
between poor subsistence farmers and other stakeholders should be
set as a short-term goal. Finally, if criminal acts were to be established, case
law would then exist to prevent future such harms in the region/country by
providing clear disincentives for such exploitation.
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3 Soskolne, C. L. (1991). Ethical Decision-Making in Epidemiology: The Case Study
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Whose role is it to deal with societal determinants of health?
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