Ethical challenges in TB control in the era of XDR-TB

Michael J. Selgelid; P. M. Kelly; A. Sleigh

Ethical challenges in TB control in the era of XDR-TB

Michael J. Selgelid^*, P. M. Kelly, A. Sleigh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of preventable illness worldwide and arguably the most important neglected topic in bioethics. This paper 1) explains the ethical importance of TB, 2) documents its neglect in bioethics discourse, 3) maps the terrain of ethical issues associated with TB, and 4) calls for ethicists, activists and socially concerned health professionals to raise and debate the full range of ethical issues associated with TB.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-235
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Volume	12
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

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