Don’t be scared, be angry: The politics and ethics of Ebola

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 352-354

  Hooker, L Claire ^a,b   Mayes, Christopher ^a   Degeling, Chris ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,b   Kerridge, Ian H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EBOLAVIRUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY;

NEW DRUG;

DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; POLITICS; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 84908028399     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01191     Document Type: Article

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