Clinical review: Influenza pandemic - Physicians and their obligations

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Anantham, Devanand ^a   McHugh, Wendy ^b   O'Neill, Stephen ^b   Forrow, Lachlan ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 52449103048     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6918     Document Type: Review

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