Integrating Ethics into Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response

Integrating Ethics into Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response concentrates on the broad range of potential ethical issues that public health professionals might deal with during a disaster and some strategies for preparing to face such dilemmas. Jane Richter (Director of the University of South Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness) shares first hand experiences as a public health nurse member of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) responding to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and discusses the ethical issues that took place during Katrina's aftermath. Kathy Kinlaw (Director of the Emory University Center for Ethics) then provides an overview of the basic principles for ethical practice as well as some strategic ideas for resolving or avoiding potential ethical dilemmas.
(Lecture given on April 18, 2007)


Audience: General Public Health
Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Format(s): CD-ROM, Webcast, Podcast