Ethical considerations of experimental interventions in the Ebola outbreak

The rapidly evolving situation raises three fundamental questions: how much emphasis should the international community place on experimental interventions in response to the Ebola epidemic; what are the ethical considerations if experimental treatments or vaccines are deployed; and if any intervent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2014-11, Vol.384 (9957), p.1896-1899
Hauptverfasser:	Rid, Annette, Dr, Emanuel, Ezekiel J, Prof
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa, Western Biological and medical sciences Clinical outcomes Clinical trials Collaboration Communicable Disease Control - methods Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control Community involvement Developing Countries Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data Disease prevention Ebola virus Ebolavirus Effectiveness Epidemics Ethical standards Ethics Fatalities Female General aspects Health care Health promotion Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control Humans Infrastructure Internal Medicine Local communities Male Medical ethics Medical personnel Medical research Medical sciences Needs Assessment Outbreaks Patients Principles Professional ethics Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Research ethics Risk Assessment Sanitation Strengthening Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation Therapies, Investigational - ethics Therapies, Investigational - methods Vaccines Viral diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	The rapidly evolving situation raises three fundamental questions: how much emphasis should the international community place on experimental interventions in response to the Ebola epidemic; what are the ethical considerations if experimental treatments or vaccines are deployed; and if any interventions prove safe and effective, how can they be made more widely available?
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61315-5