The Lessons of SARS

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 589-591

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; STANDARD;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0142028958     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-7-200310070-00011     Document Type: Review

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