Kaci Hickox: Public Health and the Politics of Fear

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 17-19

  Miles, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

communicable disease; Ebola; hemorrhagic fever; medical ethics; nursing ethics; professional ethics; quarantine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NURSE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MAINE; NURSES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SIERRA LEONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927658867     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1010994     Document Type: Article

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