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ethics in public health  

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  • Public health practice and research raise unique ethical dilemmas. In contrast to medicine, which is patient-centered, public health activities aim to protect and promote population health and must balance risks and benefits to individuals against those to communities or society as a whole. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Ethics in Public Health]

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