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Collective Scientific Testimony and Trustworthy Public Health Agencies

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: How should we evaluate the trustworthiness of public health agencies (PHAs) such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)? This paper shall answer this question by arguing that PHAs testify as a collective and that conditions of trustworthiness must be evaluated at the collective level. The evaluative criteria consist of scientific competence, justified moral and political considerations and proper institutional design.

Source: Public Health Ethics

DOI: 10.1093/phe/phaf011

Author: George Kwasi Barimah

Institution: Leibniz University Hannover

Language: English

Topic: Public Health Policies and Education

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Awards: G118240337, G4582604772, GRK 2073: Die Integration von theoretischer und praktischer Wissenschaftsphilosophie