Remembering the "pan" in "pandemic": Considering the impact of global resource disparity on a duty to treat

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 37-38

  Reiheld, Alison ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORALITY; NOTE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; POVERTY; UGANDA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; POVERTY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UGANDA;

EID: 52149107762     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802318014     Document Type: Note

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