@article {Westrin193, author = {C G Westrin and T Nilstun and B Smedby and B Haglund}, title = {Epidemiology and moral philosophy.}, volume = {18}, number = {4}, pages = {193--196}, year = {1992}, doi = {10.1136/jme.18.4.193}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {To an increasing extent ethical controversies affect and sometimes obstruct public health work and epidemiological research. In order to improve communication between the concerned parties a model for identification and analysis of ethical conflicts in individual-based research has been worked out in co-operation between epidemiologists and moral philosophers. The model has two dimensions. One dimension specifies relevant ethical principles (as beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice). The other dimension specifies the groups of persons involved in the conflict under consideration (for example: the study-population, individuals who may benefit from the results, the researchers and their personnel, the community at large). The model has been applied to the problem of legitimacy of case-register research and to problems in psychiatric health services research as well as epidemiological research.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/18/4/193}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/18/4/193.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }