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Table 1 Search strategy in PubMed

From: Ethical issues in public health surveillance: a systematic qualitative review

Ethics

1

ethics [Mesh Terms] OR morals [Mesh Terms] OR ethic* [Title/Abstract]

2

human rights [Mesh Terms] OR “human rights” [Title/Abstract]

3

government regulation [Mesh Terms] OR regulation [Title/Abstract] OR governance [Title/Abstract]

4

1 OR 2 OR 3

Specific ethical issues

5

informed consent [Mesh Terms] OR consent [Title/Abstract]

 

6

“no treatment” [Title/Abstract] OR untreatable [Title/Abstract] OR incurable [Title/Abstract]

7

“follow-up care” [Title/Abstract] OR “level of care” [Title/Abstract] or “standard of care” [Title/Abstract]

8

(4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7)

Public health surveillance

9

public health surveillance [Mesh Terms] OR “public health

surveillance” [Title/Abstract]

10

biosurveillance [Mesh Terms] OR health information systems [Mesh Terms] OR biosurveillance [Title/Abstract] OR “disease surveillance” [Title/Abstract] OR “health information system” [Title/Abstract] OR “epidemiological surveillance” [Title/Abstract]

11

sentinel surveillance [Mesh Terms] OR “case-based surveillance” [Title/Abstract] OR “event-based surveillance” [Title/Abstract] OR “syndromic surveillance” [Title/Abstract] OR “sentinel surveillance” [Title/Abstract] OR “epidemic intelligence” [Title/Abstract]

12

(9 OR 10 OR 11)

13

8 AND 12