Uncertainty, scarcity and transparency: Public health ethics and risk communication in a pandemic

Uncertainty, scarcity and transparency: Public health ethics and risk communication in a pandemic

Summary: Communicating public health guidance is key to mitigating risk during disasters and outbreaks, and ethical guidance on communication emphasizes being fully transparent. Yet, communication during the pandemic has sometimes been fraught, due in part to practical and conceptual challenges arou...

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Main Authors: Abigail E. Lowe, Teck Chuan Voo, Lisa M. Lee, Kelly K. Dineen Gillespie, Christy Feig, Alva O. Ferdinand, Seema Mohapatra, David M. Brett-Major, Matthew K. Wynia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Subjects:
Risk communication
COVID-19
Pandemic
Transparency
Precautionary principle
Infection prevention and control
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X22001910

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