Abstract
This essay reviews major areas of ethical debate with regard to biodefense, focusing on cases in which biodefense presents ethical problems that diverge from those presented by naturally-occurring outbreaks of infectious disease. It concludes with a call for ethicists to study not only the ethical issues raised in biodefense programs, but also the ethics of biodefense more generally.
MeSH terms
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Biological Warfare / ethics
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Biomedical Research / ethics*
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Bioterrorism / prevention & control*
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Civil Rights
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Confidentiality / ethics
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Containment of Biohazards
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Disaster Planning
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Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
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Epidemiology / ethics
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Humans
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Immunization Programs / ethics
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Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / ethics
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Public Health Administration / ethics*
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Public Policy*
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Publishing / ethics
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Resource Allocation / ethics
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Risk Assessment
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United States