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Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH, Executive Director, APHA and Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief

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This month the Journal opens a forum for discussion on ethics in public health research and practice. As argued by James Thomas and his colleagues in their lead editorial, at the crux of public health ethics is "the need to exercise power to ensure the health of populations and at the same time to avoid potential abuses" ⁽¹⁰⁵⁷⁾. How are we to ensure that all populations benefit from recent advances in treatments, therapies, and technologies? The authors in this month's Health Policy and Ethics Forum review the heightened ethical scrutiny of public health research in the United States, pose challenging . . . [Full Text]

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