The duty to treat in the context of an influenza pandemic

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 5260-5264

  van der Weijden, C P ^a   Bredenoord, A L ^a   van Delden, J J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRUST; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 77954954462     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.059     Document Type: Article

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