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    Testing Public Health Ethics: Why the CDC's HIV Screening Recommendations May Violate the Least Infringement Principle
    with Matthew W. Pierce, Suzanne Maman, Allison K. Groves, and Sarah C. Wyckoff
    Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 39 (2): 263-271. 2011.
    The least infringement principle has been widely endorsed by public health scholars. According to this principle, public health policies may infringe upon “general moral considerations” in order to achieve a public health goal, but if two policies provide the same public health benefit, then policymakers should choose the one that infringes least upon “general moral considerations.” General moral considerations can encompass a wide variety of goals, including fair distribution of burdens and ben…Read more