Ethical challenges of big data in public health

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
³ ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases), International Society for Infectious Diseases and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁴ Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Editorial

Effy Vayena et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015.

. 2015 Feb 9;11(2):e1003904.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003904. eCollection 2015 Feb.

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
³ ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases), International Society for Infectious Diseases and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁴ Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Marcel Salathé is an Associated Editor for PLOS Computational Biology.

Confronting the ethical challenges of big data in public health.
Bourne PE. Bourne PE. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Feb 9;11(2):e1004073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004073. eCollection 2015 Feb. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015. PMID: 25664660 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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