Limiting rights and freedoms in the context of ebola and other public health emergencies: How the principle of reciprocity can enrich the application of the siracusa principles

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-57

  Silva, Diego S ^a,b   Smith, Maxwell J ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL;

EID: 84930904230     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/healhumarigh.17.1.52     Document Type: Note

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