In 2013, after 10 years of existence, the Comité d’éthique de santé publique [Public Health Ethics Committee] (CESP) felt compelled to review the experience that it had developed with regard to its specific mandate to provide ethical reviews of surveillance plans. This document summarizes all the ethical concerns identified by the Committee through the review of the different surveillance plans that were submitted to it between the time of its establishment and 2012. This summary of the opinions allows the Committee to cast a broader critical look on the ethical reflection surrounding the practice of ongoing surveillance of the population's health status and its determinants.
The ethical concerns outlined in the present summary essentially translate "field" knowledge, that is, they are drawn from the deliberative experience of the CESP through its review of surveillance plans that were submitted to it between 2003 and 2012. The critical examination of the Committee’s experie…
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