Conclusions
Along with the tremendous advances in science and information technology in this millennium have risen the challenges of decisions of protecting individual rights relative to common goods. Ethics provides a framework for interpreting the risk information derived in epidemiological studies allowing managers to take a course of action that is appropriate both for the institution as well as the patients served.
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Loue, S. (2002). Ethics, Epidemiology, and Health Service Delivery. In: Oleske, D.M. (eds) Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47557-X_14
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