“With Human Health It’s a Global Thing”: Canadian Perspectives on Ethics in the Global Governance of an Influenza Pandemic

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-127

  Thompson, Alison K ^a   Smith, Maxwell J ^a   McDougall, Christopher W ^b   Bensimon, Cécile ^a   Perez, Daniel Felipe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deliberative methods; Global health; Global health ethics; Pandemic influenza; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CANADA; CHICKEN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; CANADA; CHICKENS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG DISCOVERY; ECONOMICS; EMPATHY; FOCUS GROUPS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 84939938547     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-014-9593-5     Document Type: Article

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