Preface Contributors Part 1-Foundations 1. Historical Foundations, Steven S. Coughlin 2. Moral Foundations, Tom L. Beauchamp 3. Toward a Philosophy of Epidemiology, Douglas L. Weed Part II-Informed Consent, Privacy, and Confidentiality 4. Informed Consent in Epidemiological Research, Jeffrey P. Kahn and Anna C. Mastroianni 5. Confidentiality and Privacy Protection in Epidemiology, Ellen Wright Clayton Part III- Balancing Risks and Benefits 6. Ethical Issues in Community-Based Intervention Studies, Karen Glanz, Michelle C. Kegler, and Barbara K. Rimer 7. Ethical Issues in the Interaction with Subjects and Disclosures of Results, Andrea Smith and Paul A. Schulte 8. Ethical Issues in Public Health Practice, Robert E. McKeown and R. Max Learner 9. Ethical Issues in Genetic Epidemiology, Laura Beskow and Wylie Burke 10. Ethics and Epidemiology in the Age of AIDS, CArol Levine 11. Ethical Issues in International Health Research and Epidemiology, John D. H. Porter, Carolyn Stephens, and Anthony Kessel Part IV- The Regulatory Context and Professional Education 12. The Institutional Review Board, Robert J. Levine 13. Scientific Misconduct in Epidemiology, Colin L. Soskolne, Peter H. Abbrecht, Nancy M. Davidian, and Alan R. Price 14. Ethics Curricula in Epidemiology, Kennet W. Goodman and Ronal J. Prineas