Heightened Vulnerability, Reduced Oversight, and Ethical Breaches on the Internet in the West African Ebola Epidemic

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 65-68

  MacIntyre, C Raina ^a   Travaglia, Joanne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIVACY; STANDARDS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRIVACY;

EID: 84927664525     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1010017     Document Type: Note

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