The Health Disparities Industry: Is It an Ethical Conundrum?
The Health Disparities Industry: Is It an Ethical Conundrum?
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DOI：
10.1177/1524839910375612
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Ridley, Charles R.
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作者：
Shaw-Ridley, Mary;Ridley, Charles R.
缩小健康差距是一个庞大的专业人员网络的使命，该网络代表许多专业和提供各种产品和服务的组织。鉴于其复杂的基础设施和专门的活动，我们将该网络确定为健康差异行业。在这篇文章中，我们质疑这个行业的道德。具体来说，我们问公众的使命是否被可疑的行业领导、道德和质量保证所压倒。根据伦理学的一般原则，区分伦理问题和伦理问题，我们得出结论，行业内的集体行为可能代表了一个伦理难题。文章最后呼吁对行业惯例进行交叉审查。
Reducing health disparities is the purported mission of a huge network of professionals representing many specialties and organizations offering a variety of products and services. Given its elaborate infrastructure and specialized set of activities, we identity the network as the health disparities industry. In this article, we question the ethics of this industry. Specifically, we ask whether the public mission is trumped by questionable industry leadership, ethics, and quality assurances. Drawing on general principles of ethics and differentiating ethical concerns from ethical problems, we conclude that the collective behaviors within the industry may represent an ethical conundrum. The article concludes with a call for the cross-examination of the industry practices.