The duty to care in a pandemic

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 31-33

  Upshur, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MORALITY; NOTE; NURSING; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 52149093631     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802318196     Document Type: Note

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