HERBAL DRUG USE FREQUENCY, REASONS, AND EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH: AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS

Herbal medicine research and global health: an ethical analysis.

Governments, international agencies and corporations are increasingly investing in traditional herbal medicine research. Yet little literature addresses ethical challenges in this research. In this paper, we apply concepts in a comprehensive ethical framework for clinical research to international traditional herbal medicine research. We examine in detail three key, underappreciated dimensions ...

Ethical analysis in public health.

Public-health regularly encounters serious ethical dilemmas, such as rationing scarce resources, influencing individuals to change their behaviour, and limiting freedom to diminish disease transmission. Yet unlike medical ethics, there is no agreed-upon framework for analysing these difficulties. We offer such a framework. It distinguishes three philosophical views, often invoked in public-heal...

Reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use.

INTRODUCTION The application of drugs in accordance with the marketing authorization issued by the regulatory authority is considered on-label use, while off-label drug use frequently occurs in medical practice. It includes the application of drugs beyond approved indications; for unapproved age group, with different dosage regimens or different administration route. Medical specialists frequen...

Nudging in Public Health – An Ethical Framework

Health promotion: an ethical analysis.

Thinking and practising ethically requires reasoning systematically about the right thing to do. Health promotion ethics - a form of applied ethics - includes analysis of health promotion practice and how this can be ethically justified. Existing frameworks can assist in such evaluation. These acknowledge the moral value of delivering benefits. But benefits need to be weighed against burdens, h...