Ethics of triage in the event of an influenza pandemic

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-118

  Tabery, James ^a   Mackett III, Charles W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct multiplier effect; Ethics; Influenza pandemic; Public health; Triage; Utility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TRIAGE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70350169238     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31816c408b     Document Type: Article

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