Ebola: What it tells us about medical ethics

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-110

  Dawson, Angus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84919766952     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102304     Document Type: Article

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