Title |
Systems thinking and ethics in public health: a necessary and mutually beneficial partnership
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Published in |
Monash Bioethics Review, June 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s40592-018-0082-1 |
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Authors |
Diego S. Silva, Maxwell J. Smith, Cameron D. Norman |
Abstract |
Systems thinking has emerged as a means of conceptualizing and addressing complex public health problems, thereby challenging more commonplace understanding of problems and corresponding solutions as straightforward explanations of cause and effect. Systems thinking tries to address the complexity of problems through qualitative and quantitative modeling based on a variety of systems theories, each with their own assumptions and, more importantly, implicit and unexamined values. To date, however, there has been little engagement between systems scientists and those working in bioethics and public health ethics. The goal of this paper is to begin to consider what it might mean to combine systems thinking with public health ethics to solve public health challenges. We argue that there is a role for ethics in systems thinking in public health as a means of elucidating implicit assumptions and facilitating ethics debate and dialogue with key stakeholders. |
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Australia | 1 | 14% |
Canada | 1 | 14% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
Indonesia | 1 | 14% |
United States | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 2 | 29% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Scientists | 1 | 14% |
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Unknown | 54 | 100% |
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Student > Master | 10 | 19% |
Researcher | 7 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
Other | 3 | 6% |
Other | 8 | 15% |
Unknown | 17 | 31% |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
Psychology | 2 | 4% |
Other | 9 | 17% |
Unknown | 24 | 44% |