Ethical considerations in an era of mass drug administration

Barney Wharam; Luke Lazarou

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-234

Ethical considerations in an era of mass drug administration

Barney Wharam^*, Luke Lazarou

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School of Biological Sciences

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In a Plenary debate at the 51st Spring meeting of the British Society of Parasitology, Bristol, UK, April 8-11, 2013, the bioethicist James Wilson used the value of a life in the present and future to question the effectiveness of current health strategies.

Original language	English
Article number	234
Number of pages	2
Journal	Parasites and Vectors
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-234
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2013

Keywords

Drug resistance
Mass drug administration
Ethics
Neglected tropical diseases
The value of life

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