Bioethical Challenges of the Ebola Outbreak

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-175

  Ünsal, Çağrı Zeybek ^a   Akçay, Duygu ^a   Büken, Nüket Örnek ^a,b   Özgüç, Meral ^a,b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish National Commission for UNESCO   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84930091352     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-015-9638-4     Document Type: Letter

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