Explaining and responding to the Ebola epidemic

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Benatar, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Causal explanations; Climate change; Ebola; Ethics; Global political economy; Human rights; International relations; Progress; Public health; Social development; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CLIMATE CHANGE; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84928738107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13010-015-0027-8     Document Type: Note

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