<div><br>I  THINKK PHM MEMBERS SHOULD CONSIDER SENDING IN PAPERS FOR CONSIDERATION (although the examples given are not necessarily along the lines of what PHM considers the more important ethical issues involved)..</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="#993300" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">How should ethics be incorporated into public health policy and practice? 
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Call for papers for special issue of WHO Bulletin on ethics in public health
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carl H Coleman, </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Seton</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Hall University, Newark, NJ, USA. </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<br></span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau^b, Andreas Reis^,</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ethics and Health, Department of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Health Law, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. 
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Alexander M Capron, </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">University</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
 of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The goal of this theme issue is</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2">
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">:<br></span></font><b><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">to explore how ethical considerations have been and should be incorporated into decision-making about public health issues. 
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Bulletin encourages the submission of papers covering practical examples that illustrate how ethical questions have been addressed at the domestic and international levels. For example, how have governments or professional associations used ethical analysis to evaluate health-care workers' obligations during influenza pandemics? What do ethics have to say about the use of financial incentives to increase the supply of organs for transplantation? In general, we seek to publish specific examples of structures and processes that have been used for ethical deliberation, combined with a candid examination of these options' advantages and drawbacks. Contributions from authors from developing countries are particularly welcome.
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is hoped that the papers in this issue will help national policy-makers reflect on the need to consider ethics in formulating and implementing health policies, while also providing best practices that can be adapted to specific national contexts. The issue will provide a forum for units at WHO headquarters and regional offices that have engaged in ethical analysis of their programmes to share their work. Finally, the empirical basis of the papers will provide much-needed data about global efforts to address ethical issues and the impact these efforts are having on the health of populations.
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The deadline for submissions is<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></b></span>
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<br></span></font><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The corresponding editorial can be found here:</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2">
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Andreas Reis, MD, MSc Department of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights, and Health Law<br></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="#333399" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World Health Organization
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