Public engagement on ethical principles in allocating scarce resources during an influenza pandemic

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3111-3117

  Bailey, Tracey M ^a   Haines, Christina ^a   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^b   Yonge, Olive ^a   Lake, Robert ^a   Herman, Ben ^a   Ammann, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; Pandemic; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954610444     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.032     Document Type: Review

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