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Epidemiology and Ethics: The People's Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2021

Kausar S. Khan
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To a Western audience the terms “people” and “people's perspective” could appear somewhat perplexing. Technically, every person belongs to the class of “people”; hence, to talk of “people's perspective” seems to make an artificial division within one monolithic group. This ostensibly artificial division reflects a reality that necessitates it. In a Third World context, the term “people” has a fairly distinct connotation. It is not just a majority which is governed by a system that gives all people a minimal quality of life and allows them a meaningful participation in the political process. In a Third World context “people” are a “mass”—a faceless body of massive energy to be manipulated and kept domesticated in the interest of the powerelite. It is a power-bloc that is threatening as well as inescapable.

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Law, Medicine and Healthcare , Volume 19 , Issue 3-4 , Fall Winter 1991 , pp. 202 - 206
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1991

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