Bioethics meets Ebola: Exploring the moral landscape

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-13

  Thompson, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

duty to care; Ebola; ethics; global solidarity; public health ethics; public trust; research in public health emergencies; restrictive measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MORALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MORALS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84960468928     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldv055     Document Type: Article

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