Ebola virus disease: Ethics and emergency medical response policy

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Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 794-800

  Jecker, Nancy S ^a   Dudzinski, Denise M ^a   Diekema, Douglas S ^a,b   Tonelli, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; POLICY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RESUSCITATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 84941651838     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0135     Document Type: Article

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