Prisons' preparedness for pandemic flu and the ethical issues

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 422-425

  van't Hoff, G ^a   Fedosejeva, R ^b   Mihailescu, L ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF JUSTICE   (Netherlands)

^b Latvian Prison Administration   (Latvia)

^c Ministry of Justice   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Pandemic flu; Prison health; Prisons

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LATVIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PANDEMIC; POLITICS; PRISON; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIETY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRISONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66949172898     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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