Healthcare workers' perceptions of the duty to work during an influenza pandemic

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Damery, S ^a   Draper, H ^a   Wilson, S ^a   Greenfield, S ^a   Ives, J ^a   Parry, J ^a   Petts, J ^a   Sorell, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77951630947     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.032821     Document Type: Article

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