Part I: Foundations1. Steven S. Coughlin and Tom L. Beauchamp: Historical Foundations2. Tom L. Beauchamp: Moral Foundations3. John Last: Professional Standards of Conduct for Epidemiologists4. Douglas L.

Weed: Epistemology and Ethics in EpidemiologyPart II: Informed Consent, Privacy, and Confidentiality5. Marjorie M. Shultz: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Securing Consent to Epidemiologic Research in the United States6. Ellen B. Gold: Confidentiality and Privacy Protection in Epidemiologic ResearchPart III: Balancing Risks and Benefits7. Steven S. Coughlin: Ethically Optimized Study Designs in Epidemiology8. Karen Glanz, Barbara K.

Rimer, and Caryn Lerman: Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Community-Based Intervention Studies9. Paul A. Schulte and Mitchell Singal: Ethical Issues in the Interaction with Subjects and Disclosure of ResultsPart IV: The Study of Vulnerable Pupulations10. Sanford Leikin: Ethical Issues in Epidemiologic Research with Children11. Joanne M. McGloin and Adrian M. Ostfeld: The Ethics of Epidemiologic Research with Older Populations12. Carol Levine: Ethics and Epidemiology in the Age of AIDSPart V: The Regulatory Context and Professional Education13.

Robert J. Levine: The Institutional Review Board14. Colin L. Soskolne and Dorothy K. MacFarlane: Scientific Misconduct in Epidemiologic Research15. Kenneth W. Goodman and Ronald J. Prineas: Toward an Ethics Curriculum in Epidemiology.