Mitigating pandemic influenza: The ethics of implementing a school closure policy

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-378

  Berkman, Benjamin E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mitigation strategies; Ethics; Pandemic influenza; School closure; Social justice

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLUENZA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITION; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149106034     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000324566.72533.0b     Document Type: Review

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