Ethical allocation of drugs and vaccines in the West African Ebola Epidemic

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 662-666

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NEW DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WEST AFRICAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; COMPASSIONATE USE; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPASSIONATE USE TRIALS; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; EBOLA VACCINES; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84916939737     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12089     Document Type: Article

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