Influenza pandemic and the duties of healthcare professionals

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Voo, T C ^a   Capps, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Duty of care; Healthcare workers; Medical ethics; Pandemic; Public health

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANPOWER; MORALITY; SINGAPORE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77953416963     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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