Heroes of SARS: Professional roles and ethics of health care workers

Journal of Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Hsin, Dena Hsin Chen ^a,b   Macer, Darryl R J ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Health care professionals; Medical ethics; Policy; SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESPONSIBILITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIETY; TAIWAN;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 4444277810     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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