Introducing One Health to the Ethical Debate About Zoonotic Diseases in Southeast Asia

Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 588-596

  Capps, Benjamin ^a   Bailey, Michele Marie ^b   Bickford, David ^c   Coker, Richard ^d   Lederman, Zohar ^e   Lover, Andrew ^f   Lysaght, Tamra ^e   Tambyah, Paul ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (Singapore)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Center for Biomedical Ethics   (Singapore)

^f National Centre for Infectious Diseases   (Singapore)

Author keywords

One Health; Pandemic planning; Public health; Zoonotics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STANDARDS; TRENDS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84941739061     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12145     Document Type: Article

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