Angus Dawson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3741809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angus Dawson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angus |
| FAMILY NAME | Dawson |
| SIGNATURE | DAWSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8533-4987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and religious context. Examining issues in public health ethics from the perspective of a different moral tradit…
Playing twister on the stairs
Refugee Camps in Europe and Australia
Uncertainty and agency in Covid-19 hotel quarantine in Australia
Mandatory 14-day hotel COVID-19 quarantine was introduced for international arrivals into Australia in late March 2020, with no precedent and little time to prepare. This public health initiative was a key factor in Australia's relatively low COVID-19 burden in the first 18 months of the pandemic. We conducted an empirical bioethics study exploring the experience of people who had quarantined in hotels in Australia. We used in depth interviews to…
Experiences of risk in Australian hotel quarantine
There are systemic issues with infection control in hotel quarantine, which can be further undermined by individual non-compliance. Risks to safety for those in quarantine can be reduced, both in terms of infection control within hotel quarantine and, in the case of the Northern Territory facility, timely in-person medical care as needed for non-COVID conditions. Systems of infection control need ongoing review to ensure that people entering quar…
Pandemic vaccine trials
It has been proposed that the urgency of having a vaccine as a response to SARS-CoV-2 is so great, given the potential health, economic and social benefits that we should override the established steps in the research development process. In this article I argue that whilst there are some opportunities to expedite the production of a vaccine, it is a mistake to rush the research. We should retain the existing structures represented by clear and s…
Ending TB in Australia
“Stop talking around projects and talk about solutions”
Assessing the public acceptability of proposed policy interventions to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in Australia
OBJECTIVE: To elicit the views of well-informed community members on the acceptability of proposed policy interventions designed to improve community use of antibiotics in Australia. DESIGN: Two community juries held in 2016. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Western Sydney and Dubbo communities in NSW, Australia. Twenty-nine participants of diverse social and cultural backgrounds, mixed genders and ages recruited via public advertising: one jury was dra…
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being Affiliation Amy L. Fairchild PhD, MPH, Angus Dawson PhD, Ronald Bayer PhD, and Michael J. Selgelid PhDAmy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is dir…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
Solidarity in the Moral Imagination of Bioethics
How important is the concept of solidarity in our society's calculus of consent as regards the legitimacy and ethical and political support for public health, health policy, and health services? By the term “calculus of consent,” we refer to the answer that people give to rationalize and justify their obedience to laws, rules, and policies that benefit others. The calculus of consent answers questions such as, Why should I care? Why should I help…
What Counts? Justifications, Not Labels
A commentary on “Public Health Emergencies: What Counts?” by Lawrence O. Gostin, in the November‐December 2014 issue
Obesity , Liberty, and Public Health Emergencies
Widespread obesity poses a serious challenge to health outcomes in the developed world and is a growing problem in the developing world. There has been a raft of proposals to combat the challenge of obesity, including restrictions on the nature of food advertising, the content of prepared meals, and the size of sodas; taxes on saturated fat and on calories; and mandated “healthy‐options” on restaurant menus. Many of these interventions seem to ha…
Global health and national borders
Despite significant theoretical disagreements, four influential accounts of justice offer important reasons to support many current initiatives to promote global health. Ethical argumentation can complement pragmatic reasons to support global health interventions and provide an important foundation to strengthen collective action
Informed Consent and Cluster-Randomized Trials
We argue that cluster-randomized trials are an important methodology, essential to the evaluation of many public health interventions. However, in the case of at least some cluster-randomized trials, it is not possible, or is incompatible with the aims of the study, to obtain individual informed consent. This should not necessarily be seen as an impediment to ethical approval, providing that sufficient justification is given for this omission. We…
The philosophy of public health
Food And The Public’s Health
Moral Realism and Twin Earth
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being Affiliation Amy L. Fairchild PhD, MPH, Angus Dawson PhD, Ronald Bayer PhD, and Michael J. Selgelid PhDAmy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is dir…
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
Informed Consent and Cluster-Randomized Trials
We argue that cluster-randomized trials are an important methodology, essential to the evaluation of many public health interventions. However, in the case of at least some cluster-randomized trials, it is not possible, or is incompatible with the aims of the study, to obtain individual informed consent. This should not necessarily be seen as an impediment to ethical approval, providing that sufficient justification is given for this omission. We…
Moral Realism and Twin Earth
Food And The Public’s Health
The philosophy of public health
Global health and national borders
Despite significant theoretical disagreements, four influential accounts of justice offer important reasons to support many current initiatives to promote global health. Ethical argumentation can complement pragmatic reasons to support global health interventions and provide an important foundation to strengthen collective action
Informed Consent and Cluster-Randomized Trials
We argue that cluster-randomized trials are an important methodology, essential to the evaluation of many public health interventions. However, in the case of at least some cluster-randomized trials, it is not possible, or is incompatible with the aims of the study, to obtain individual informed consent. This should not necessarily be seen as an impediment to ethical approval, providing that sufficient justification is given for this omission. We…
Obesity , Liberty, and Public Health Emergencies
Widespread obesity poses a serious challenge to health outcomes in the developed world and is a growing problem in the developing world. There has been a raft of proposals to combat the challenge of obesity, including restrictions on the nature of food advertising, the content of prepared meals, and the size of sodas; taxes on saturated fat and on calories; and mandated “healthy‐options” on restaurant menus. Many of these interventions seem to ha…
Solidarity in the Moral Imagination of Bioethics
How important is the concept of solidarity in our society's calculus of consent as regards the legitimacy and ethical and political support for public health, health policy, and health services? By the term “calculus of consent,” we refer to the answer that people give to rationalize and justify their obedience to laws, rules, and policies that benefit others. The calculus of consent answers questions such as, Why should I care? Why should I help…
What Counts? Justifications, Not Labels
A commentary on “Public Health Emergencies: What Counts?” by Lawrence O. Gostin, in the November‐December 2014 issue
Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance
The World Health Organization, Public Health Ethics, and Surveillance: Essential Architecture for Social Well-Being Affiliation Amy L. Fairchild PhD, MPH, Angus Dawson PhD, Ronald Bayer PhD, and Michael J. Selgelid PhDAmy L. Fairchild is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, and is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angus Dawson is dir…
Assessing the public acceptability of proposed policy interventions to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in Australia
OBJECTIVE: To elicit the views of well-informed community members on the acceptability of proposed policy interventions designed to improve community use of antibiotics in Australia. DESIGN: Two community juries held in 2016. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Western Sydney and Dubbo communities in NSW, Australia. Twenty-nine participants of diverse social and cultural backgrounds, mixed genders and ages recruited via public advertising: one jury was dra…
Pandemic vaccine trials
It has been proposed that the urgency of having a vaccine as a response to SARS-CoV-2 is so great, given the potential health, economic and social benefits that we should override the established steps in the research development process. In this article I argue that whilst there are some opportunities to expedite the production of a vaccine, it is a mistake to rush the research. We should retain the existing structures represented by clear and s…
Ending TB in Australia
“Stop talking around projects and talk about solutions”
Refugee Camps in Europe and Australia
Uncertainty and agency in Covid-19 hotel quarantine in Australia
Mandatory 14-day hotel COVID-19 quarantine was introduced for international arrivals into Australia in late March 2020, with no precedent and little time to prepare. This public health initiative was a key factor in Australia's relatively low COVID-19 burden in the first 18 months of the pandemic. We conducted an empirical bioethics study exploring the experience of people who had quarantined in hotels in Australia. We used in depth interviews to…
Experiences of risk in Australian hotel quarantine
There are systemic issues with infection control in hotel quarantine, which can be further undermined by individual non-compliance. Risks to safety for those in quarantine can be reduced, both in terms of infection control within hotel quarantine and, in the case of the Northern Territory facility, timely in-person medical care as needed for non-COVID conditions. Systems of infection control need ongoing review to ensure that people entering quar…
Playing twister on the stairs
A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and religious context. Examining issues in public health ethics from the perspective of a different moral tradit…
Political science (12 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Public health (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Public Health Policies and Education (5 works) · Bioethics (4 works)