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A career in the ethics of health policy is not necessarily a straight line. Starting from an academic interest in medical ethics, and without any concerns specifically about policy, I have gradually expanded my horizons to include a number of policy questions. I’ll recount here what led me to shift my interests into a policy direction, what immediate lessons I took away from that experience, and finally, what longer-term questions seem to remain.
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Brody, H. (2016). Ethics and Health Policy. In: Searing, E., Searing, D. (eds) Practicing Professional Ethics in Economics and Public Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7306-5_10
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