Virulent epidemics and scope of healthcare workers' duty of care

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1238-1241

  Sokol, Daniel K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33750602828     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1208.060360     Document Type: Review

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