Potential penalties for health care professionals who refuse to work during a pandemic

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1471-1473

  Coleman, Carl H ^a,c   Reis, Andreas ^b  

^a SetonHallUniversity Law School One Newark Center   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c One Newark Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VOLUNTEER; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149171179     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.12.1471     Document Type: Note

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