Health care provider obligations in caring for patients with tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Blackmer, Jeff ^a,b  

^a CMAJ   (Canada)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duty to treat; Ethics; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CODES OF ETHICS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 79955837508     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0428     Document Type: Short Survey

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