Commentary: The professional obligation of physicians in times of hazard and need

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 424-428

  Rhodes, Rosamond ^a  

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EID: 33749327303     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180106230524     Document Type: Note

References (14)

1. Morin K, Higginson D, Goldrich M. Physician obligation in disaster preparedness and response. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, this issue, 417-21.
2. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:417.
3. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:417.
4. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:418.
5. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:421.
6. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:421.
7. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:420.
8. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:420.
9. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:420.
10. See note 1, Morin et al. 2006:419.
11. This was Section 5 in the 1957 version of the Principles of Medical Ethics. It is Principle VI in the 1980 and 2001 versions.
12. Alexander GC, Wynia MK. Ready and willing? Physicians' sense of preparedness for bioterrorism. Health Affairs 2003;22:189-97.
13. It should be noted that allowing the fearful to exempt themselves from treating patients who pose a risk also leaves those physicians who feel duty bound to provide treatment with an undue share of the risk burden.
14. AHRQ Publications No. 05-0043, Bioterrorism and other public health emergencies: Altered standards of care in mass casualty event, April 2005.