Inaba Y
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
J Epidemiol. 1996 Aug;6(3 Suppl):S137-9. doi: 10.2188/jea.6.3sup_137.
In Japan, the concern about ethical issues in preventive medicine, especially in epidemiological investigation, has been gradually increasing in recent years. In this paper I introduce the following four topics: 1. privacy protection and the computer, 2. informed consent and publication, 3. the attitudes toward ethics among epidemiologists, 4. the attitudes toward epidemiological investigation among examinees. In my opinion, Japanese epidemiologists should give more attention to general ethical principles (Respect for persons, Beneficence) and to the practical methods to apply them in their research works.
近年来，在日本，人们对预防医学中伦理问题的关注，尤其是在流行病学调查方面，一直在逐渐增加。在本文中，我介绍以下四个主题：1. 隐私保护与计算机；2. 知情同意与发表；3. 流行病学家的伦理态度；4. 受调查者对流行病学调查的态度。在我看来，日本流行病学家应更多关注一般伦理原则（尊重人、行善）以及在其研究工作中应用这些原则的实际方法。
