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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Group discussion of a public health ethics case


Sunday, November 3, 2013 : 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Drue Barrett, PhD, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
This session will be used to demonstrate the process of case analysis by having the group as a whole consider a public health ethics case. The facilitator will guide this discussion of the case raising questions to encourage audience participation.

Learning Areas:

Ethics, professional and legal requirements

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate the process of case analysis.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Since 2006, I have served as the lead for the Public Health Ethics Unit in the Office of the Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and as the Designated Federal Officer for the Ethics Subcommittee of the CDC Advisory Committee to the Director. In this position I provide leadership at CDC for the development of infrastructure in public health ethics. I am also a member of the APHA Ethics SPIG.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 2012.0: Good decision making in real time: Practical public health ethics for local and state health officials in the US -- Fee: $250