When pestilence prevails…physician responsibilities in epidemics

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages W5-W11

  Huber, Samuel J ^a   Wynia, Matthew K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLAGUE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; BIOTERRORISM; CODES OF ETHICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PLAGUE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444420594     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651604773067497     Document Type: Article

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