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Tailoring Public Health Policies, Govind Persad
Tailoring Public Health Policies, Govind Persad
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, many states and countries have adopted public health restrictions on activities previously considered commonplace: crossing state borders, eating indoors, gathering together, and even leaving one's home. These policies often focus on specific activities or groups, rather than imposing the same limits across the board. In this Article, I consider the law and ethics of these policies, which I call tailored policies.In Part II, I identify two types of tailored policies: activity-based and group-based. Activity-based restrictions respond to differences in the risks and benefits of specific activities, such as walking outdoors and …
Improving The Ethical Review Of Health Policy And Systems Research: Some Suggestions, Govind Persad
Improving The Ethical Review Of Health Policy And Systems Research: Some Suggestions, Govind Persad
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Consistent and well-designed frameworks for ethical oversight enable socially valuable research while forestalling harmful or poorly designed studies. I suggest some alterations that might strengthen the valuable checklist Rattani and Hyder propose in this issue of Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Reference Rattani and Hyder for the ethical review of health policy and systems research (HPSR), or prompt future work in the area.