Non-professional healthcare workers and ethical obligations to work during pandemic influenza

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Draper, Heather ^a   Sorell, Tom ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Damery, Sarah ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Parry, Jayne ^a   Petts, Judith ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77953419721     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/php021     Document Type: Review

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