Detention and the evolving threat of tuberculosis: evidence, ethics, and law.
Coker, R; Thomas, M; Lock, K; Martin, R; (2007) Detention and the evolving threat of tuberculosis: evidence, ethics, and law. The Journal of law, medicine & ethics , 35 (4). pp. 609-15. ISSN 1073-1105 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00184.x
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The issue of detention as a public health control measure has attracted attention recently. This is because the threat of strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to a wider range of drugs has been identified, and there is renewed concern that public health is threatened. This paper considers whether involuntary detention is justified where voluntary measures have failed or where a patient poses a danger, albeit uncertain, to the public. We discuss the need for strengthening evidence-based assessments of public health risk and suggest that we should refect more profoundly on the philosophical foundations upon which our policies and practices are grounded.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty and Department: | Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Health Services Research and Policy |
| Research Centre: | ECOHOST |
| PubMed ID: | 18076512 |
| Web of Science ID: | 251415700013 |
| URI: | http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/8367 |
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