Coroners and the obligation to protect public health: The case of the failed UK vCJD study

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-237

  McGowan, C R ^a   Viens, A M ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coroners; Death investigation; Ethics; Public health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ETHICS; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TISSUE PREPARATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

ARCHIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955030780     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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