Communication and Communicable Disease Control: Lessons From Ebola Virus Disease

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 62-65

  Gilbert, Gwendolyn Lesley ^a   Kerridge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SHAME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SHAME;

EID: 84927602403     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1009564     Document Type: Note

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