Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research
| dc.contributor.author | London, L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Matzopoulos, R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Corrigall, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Myers, J E | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maker, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Parry, C D H | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-19T08:15:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-19T08:15:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-07-19T07:57:35Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In addition to the ethical practice of individual health professionals, bioethical debate about conflict of interest (CoI) must include the institutional ethics of public policy-making, as failure to establish independence from powerful stakeholder influence may pervert public health goals. All involved in public policy processes are accountable for CoI, including experts, scientists, professionals, industry and government officials. The liquor industry in South Africa is presented as a case study. Generic principles of how to identify, manage and address CoI are discussed. We propose that health professionals and policy makers should avoid partnering with industries that are harmful to health. Regarding institutional CoI, we recommend that there should be effective policies, procedures and processes for governing public-private joint ventures with such industries. These include arms-length funding, maintaining the balance between contesting vested interests, and full disclosure of the identity and affiliations of all participants in structures and reports pertaining to public policy-making. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAJBL.234 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | London, L., Matzopoulos, R., Corrigall, J., Myers, J. E., Maker, A., & Parry, C. D. H. (2012). Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research. <i>South African Journal of Bioethics and Law</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24768 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | London, L, R Matzopoulos, J Corrigall, J E Myers, A Maker, and C D H Parry "Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research." <i>South African Journal of Bioethics and Law</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24768 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | London, L., Matzopoulos, R., Corrigall, J., Myers, J. E., Parry, C. D. H., & Maker, A. (2012). Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy, not only in clinical practice/research. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. 5(2): 102-108. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - London, L AU - Matzopoulos, R AU - Corrigall, J AU - Myers, J E AU - Maker, A AU - Parry, C D H AB - In addition to the ethical practice of individual health professionals, bioethical debate about conflict of interest (CoI) must include the institutional ethics of public policy-making, as failure to establish independence from powerful stakeholder influence may pervert public health goals. All involved in public policy processes are accountable for CoI, including experts, scientists, professionals, industry and government officials. The liquor industry in South Africa is presented as a case study. Generic principles of how to identify, manage and address CoI are discussed. We propose that health professionals and policy makers should avoid partnering with industries that are harmful to health. Regarding institutional CoI, we recommend that there should be effective policies, procedures and processes for governing public-private joint ventures with such industries. These include arms-length funding, maintaining the balance between contesting vested interests, and full disclosure of the identity and affiliations of all participants in structures and reports pertaining to public policy-making. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Bioethics and Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research TI - Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24768 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24768 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | London L, Matzopoulos R, Corrigall J, Myers JE, Maker A, Parry CDH. Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research. South African Journal of Bioethics and Law. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24768. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Bioethics and Law | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | https://journals.co.za/content/m_sajbl/5/2/EJC130100 | |
| dc.subject.other | public health policy | |
| dc.subject.other | Conflict of interest | |
| dc.subject.other | ethical dilemma | |
| dc.title | Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy not only in clinical practice/research | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |