Your liberty or your life: Reciprocity in the use of restrictive measures in contexts of contagion

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-217

  Viens, A M ^a,b   Bensimon, Cécile M ^b   Upshur, Ross E G ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Infectious disease; Isolation; Liberty; Quarantine; Reciprocity; Restrictive measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349846109     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-009-9149-2     Document Type: Article

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