ArticlePublic health ethics2015
Ebola and Learning Lessons from Moral Failures: Who Cares about Ethics?
Article in Public health ethics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- R&D during public health emergencies: the value(s) of trust, governance and collaboration.BMJ global health · 2022Review
- Striving for Health Equity: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health and Ethical Considerations in Pandemic Preparedness Planning.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19: Public health issues and ethical dilemmas.Ethics, medicine, and public health · 2021Review
- Learning Lessons from COVID-19 Requires Recognizing Moral Failures.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2020Article
- Marginalisation, Ebola and Health for All: From Outbreak to Lessons Learned.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Research and Global Health Emergencies: On the Essential Role of Best Practice.Public health ethics · 2018Article
- Global Health Solidarity.Public health ethics · 2017Article
- History, Structure and Agency in Global Health Governance Comment on "Global Health Governance Challenges 2016 - Are We Ready?"International journal of health policy and management · 2017Article
- Politics, Power, Poverty and Global Health: Systems and Frames.International journal of health policy and management · 2016Article
- Ethical considerations surrounding the response to Ebola: the Spanish experience.BMC medical ethics · 2016Article
- Clinicians' Core Needs in a Pandemic: Qualitative Findings From the Chat Box in a Statewide COVID-19 ECHO Program.Annals of family medicineArticle
- Ethics for pandemics beyond influenza: Ebola, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and anticipating future ethical challenges in pandemic preparedness and response.Monash bioethics reviewReview
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Abstract
The exercise of identifying lessons in the aftermath of a major public health emergency is of immense importance for the improvement of global public health emergency preparedness and response. Despite the persistence of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, it seems that the Ebola 'lessons learned' exercise is now in full swing. On our assessment, a significant shortcoming plagues recent articulations of lessons learned, particularly among those emerging from organizational reflections. In this article we argue that, despite not being recognized as such, the vast majority of lessons proffered in this literature should be understood as
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