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- Title
Ethical Challenges of Big Data in Public Health.
- Authors
Vayena, Effy; Salathé, Marcel; Madoff, Lawrence C.; Brownstein, John S.
- Abstract
The authors reflect on ethical challenges concerning the emergence of digital disease detection (DDD) or digital epidemiology, which promises tangible global public health benefits. They discuss the context in which DDD operates which covers the fields of personal information, public health, and information technology. They also explore the continued growth of digital media and ethical oversight and governance.
- Subjects
BIG data; MEDICAL informatics; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC health; INFORMATION technology; DIGITAL media; ETHICS
- Publication
PLoS Computational Biology, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1553-734X
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003904