Caring for the Suffering: Meeting the Ebola Crisis Responsibly

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 26-32

  Rosoff, Philip M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus infection; palliative care; palliative sedation; social justice

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AFRICA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA;

EID: 84927616708     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1010995     Document Type: Article

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