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Ebola and Learning Lessons from Moral Failures: Who Cares about Ethics?

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, …

Authors

Smith MJ; Upshur REG

Journal

Public Health Ethics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 305–318

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

November 2015

DOI

10.1093/phe/phv028

ISSN

1754-9973