The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being

Affiliations

¹ Amy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is director of Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, and with the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Ronald Bayer is co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University. Michael J. Selgelid is director of the Monash Bioethics Center, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and is current chair of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics, Geneva, Switzerland.

Editorial

Amy L Fairchild et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;107(10):1596-1598.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304019.

¹ Amy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is director of Sydney Health Ethics, School of Public Health, and with the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Ronald Bayer is co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, and co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University. Michael J. Selgelid is director of the Monash Bioethics Center, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and is current chair of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics, Geneva, Switzerland.

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