Question

Name and discuss at least six ethics guidelines for epidemiologists.

Answer 1

The six ethics guidelines for epidemiologists when conducting a study include;

Informed consent which involves the disclosing of the risks, benefits, and expectations of a research project to the subjects and getting their consent.

Do no harm is the moral obligation of causing no harm to participants, both physical and psychological.

The work must be approved by a review committee prior to starting.

Conflicts of interest is a situation when the researcher has, a private or personal interest they must disclose the actual, apparent or potential conflicts of interest to their colleagues.

The research must be published in an appropriate journal without undue delay.

There should be no scientific misconduct in publishing the data.